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起源きげん (kigen)

origin, beginning, rise

  • JLPT N1
  • noun
  • Pitch 1
  • #6078 most frequent

Meaning

起源 (きげん, kigen) is a JLPT N1 noun meaning “origin, beginning, rise”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

言葉ことばの起源きげんに大変たいへん興味きょうみがあります。

I'm very interested in the origin of words.

これも惣掟の起源である。

This was also the origin of so-okite.

仏教ぶっきょうはインドに起源きげんを発はっした。

Buddhism had its beginnings in India.

彼かれは生命せいめいの起源きげんまでとき及およんだ。

He even referred to the origin of life.

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