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文ぶん明めい
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Meanings
Noun
1. civilization; civilisation; culture
Kanji used
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Pitch accent
ぶんめい
Used in vocabulary
文ぶん明めい開かい化か
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
Noun
機き械かい文ぶん明めい
technical civilization; technical civilisation
Noun
現げん代だい文ぶん明めい
modern civilization; modern civilisation
Noun
古こ代だい文ぶん明めい
ancient civilization; ancient civilisation
Noun
不ふ文ぶん明めい
indistinct; obscure
Noun
文ぶん明めい社しゃ会かい
civilized society; civilised society
Noun
物ぶっ質しつ文ぶん明めい
material civilization; material civilisation
Noun
文ぶん明めい館かん
the Bunmeikan Theater
Noun
西せい欧おう文ぶん明めい
Western civilization; Western civilisation
Noun
西せい洋よう文ぶん明めい
Western civilization; Western civilisation
Noun
文ぶん明めい諸しょ国こく
civilized world; civilised world
Noun
文ぶん明めい世せ界かい
civilized world; civilised world
Noun
Examples23
The nineteenth century was the age of the white man's civilization.
It was the triumph of civilization over force.
The progress of civilization is very rapid.
Imagination is the root of all civilization.
The more civilization advances, the more people long for nature.
The Middle East is the cradle of civilization.