せいき – Vocabulary details

せいき

Meanings

Noun

1. century

2. era

Adjective (の)

3. of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

Alt. forms

世せい紀き

99%

せいき

Pitch accent

せ

いき

Used in: 2

Composed of

せい

counter for generations; epoch

き

period; Nihon-shoki

Used in vocabulary (7 in total)

せいきまつ

end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle

ぜんせいき

last century; ancient times

half century

this century

quarter of a century

new century

next century

Examples (34 in total)

この寺じ院いんは七ななせいきからのものです。

This temple dates from the 7th century.

彼かれの作さく品ひんは何なんせいき間かんも残のこるだろう。

His works will endure for centuries.

せいきの変かわり目めに子こ供どもたちはまだ工こう場じょうで働はたらいていた。

At the turn of the century, children still worked in factories.