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    3. 紀元前

    紀元前

    紀き元げん前ぜん

    pre-era

    KMT7News #19+1Noun, AdverbHistoryKanji Vocab22 strokes

    きげんぜん

    Noun, Adverb

    1.
    pre-era, BC, BCE

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    この遺い跡せきは紀きげんぜ元んさんぜん前ねんごろ3000年 頃 のものだ。

    This ruin dates back to around 3000 BCE.

    KMT6History
    古こ代だいエジプト文ぶん明めいは紀き元げん前ぜんから栄さかえていた。

    Ancient Egyptian civilization flourished since before the common era.

    KMT7HistoryCulture & Traditions
    紀き元げん前ぜんの哲てつ学がく者しゃは、現げん代だいにも通つうじる思し想そうを残のこした。

    Philosophers from before the common era left behind ideas that are still relevant today.

    KMT7HistoryReligion & Philosophy
    紀き元げん前ぜんの土ど器きには、当とう時じの人ひと々びとの生せい活かつが描えがかれている。

    The pottery from before the common era depicts the lives of people at that time.

    KMT7HistoryArt & DesignCulture & Traditions
    ローマ帝てい国こくは紀き元げん前ぜん27年ねんに成せい立りつし、広こう大だいな領りょう土どを支し配はいした。

    The Roman Empire was established in 27 BCE and ruled vast territories.

    KMT8HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    紀
    chronicle・account・narrative・history・annals…(1)
    元
    もと…(7)
    beginning・former time・origin
    前
    まえ・-まえ…(4)
    in front・before
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