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    3. 世紀末

    世紀末

    世せい紀き末まつ

    end of a century (esp. 19th)

    KMT6News #13+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab19 strokes

    せいきまつ

    Noun

    1.
    end of a century (esp. 19th), fin-de-siècle
    2.
    end of the world (esp. in fiction), apocalypse

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    19世せい紀き末まつのヨーロッパは、芸げい術じゅつが盛さかんだった。

    Europe at the end of the 19th century was flourishing in art.

    KMT5HistoryArt & Design
    世せい紀き末まつの雰ふん囲い気きは、多おおくの文ぶん学がく作さく品ひんに影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

    The fin-de-siècle atmosphere influenced many literary works.

    KMT6HistoryLiterature
    20世にじっ紀せい末きまつには、コンピューターウイルスが社しゃ会かい問もん題だいとなった。

    At the end of the 20th century, computer viruses became a social problem.

    KMT6HistoryTechnology
    そのSF映えい画がは、世せい紀き末まつの地ち球きゅうを舞ぶ台たいにしている。

    That sci-fi movie is set on an apocalyptic Earth.

    KMT6Anime & MangaLiteratureHistory
    彼かれは世せい紀き末まつ的てきな世せ界かい観かんを持もつアーティストとして知しられている。

    He is known as an artist with a fin-de-siècle (or apocalyptic) worldview.

    KMT7Art & DesignLiteratureEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    世
    よ…(6)
    generation・world・society・public
    紀
    chronicle・account・narrative・history・annals…(1)
    末
    すえ・うら・うれ…(2)
    end・close・tip・powder・posterity
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