Meaning
原形 (げんけい, genkei) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “original form, base form”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 3
ギリシャ人たちは幾何学の理論的原形を作った。
The Greeks made theoretical models of geometry.
toのつかない不定詞を原形不定詞と言う。
An infinitive without a 'to' attached is called a bare infinitive.
ひな祭りがいつ頃からある祭りなのか、はっきりとはしていないが、平安時代にはすでに流しびなの原形があったようだ。
It is not known when the Hinamatsuri first started, but the Nagashibina, in its most primitive form, was already being celebrated during the Heian period.