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    原始

    原げん始し

    origin

    N2KMT7News #18+1CoreNoun, ParticleHistoryKanji Vocab18 strokes

    げんし

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    origin, beginning, genesis
    2.
    primeval, primordial, primitive

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    原げん始し時じ代だいの人ひと々びとは洞どう窟くつに住すんでいました。

    People in the primitive age lived in caves.

    KMT5HistoryCulture & Traditions
    原げん始し林りんには、手てつかずの自し然ぜんが残のこされている。

    Untouched nature remains in the primeval forest.

    KMT6Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    原げん始し的てきな生せい活かつを送おくる部ぶ族ぞくが、今いまも地ち球きゅう上じょうには存そん在ざいする。

    Tribes living a primitive life still exist on Earth today.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsNature & Environment
    この遺い跡せきからは、原げん始し的てきな農のう耕こうの痕こん跡せきが発はっ見けんされた。

    Traces of primitive agriculture were discovered at this ruin.

    KMT7HistoryScience & Math
    宇う宙ちゅうの原げん始し状じょう態たいを研けん究きゅうすることは、科か学がく者しゃにとって大おおきな課こだ題いだ。

    Studying the primordial state of the universe is a major challenge for scientists.

    KMT8Science & MathHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    原
    はら…(6)
    meadow・original・primitive・field・plain…(3)
    始
    はじ.める・-はじ.める・はじ.まる…(2)
    commence・begin
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