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    最古

    最さい古こ

    the oldest

    KMT6News #12+1Noun, ParticleHistoryKanji Vocab17 strokes

    さいこ

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    the oldest, the earliest

    Stroke 0 / 17

    Speed1.0x

    これは世せ界かい最さい古この木きだ。

    This is the oldest tree in the world.

    KMT4Nature & EnvironmentCore Concepts
    その寺てらは日に本ほん最さい古この建けん築ちく物ぶつの一ひとつだ。

    That temple is one of Japan's oldest buildings.

    KMT6HistoryCulture & Traditions
    最さい古この文も字じは紀きげんぜ元んさんぜん前ねんごろ3000年 頃 にメソポタミアで生うまれた。

    The oldest writing originated in Mesopotamia around 3000 BC.

    KMT6HistoryCulture & Traditions
    この地ち域いきには、最さい古この遺い跡せきが数かず多おおく残のこっている。

    Many of the oldest ruins remain in this region.

    KMT6HistoryCulture & Traditions
    この文ぶん献けんは、その文ぶん明めいの最さい古この記き録ろくとされている。

    This document is considered the earliest record of that civilization.

    KMT7HistoryLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    最
    もっと.も・つま…(3)
    utmost・most・extreme
    古
    ふる.い・ふる-・-ふる.す…(2)
    old
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