Definition of 原始 (げんし)

noun, no-adjective
1.
origin, beginning, genesis
no-adjective, noun
2.
primeval, primordial, primitive
Related Kanji
meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
commence, begin
Example sentences(showing 3 results)

If you are a member of a primitive community and you wish to produce, say, food, there are two things that you must do

じんるいがくしゃ
人類学者
げん
原始
ぶん
文化
かん
関する
こうえん
講演
The anthropologist delivered a lecture on primitive cultures

げん
原始
しゃかい
社会
ぶつぶつこうかん
物々交換
おこ
行われた
In primitive societies barter was used