Definition of 起源 (きげん)

noun
origin, beginning, source, rise
Other readings:
起原【きげん】
Related Kanji
rouse, wake up, get up
source, origin
meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
Example sentences(showing 18 results)

こと
言葉
ひじょう
非常に
ふる
古い
こと
言葉
げん
起源
Those words have extremely old origins

He is studying the origin of jazz in America

えい
英語
たん
単語
、80%
ほか
他の
げん
言語
げん
起源
80% of all English words come from other languages

かれ
せいめい
生命
げん
起源
およ
及んだ
He even referred to the origin of life

ふうしゅ
風習
げん
起源
12
せい
世紀
This custom dates back to the 12th century

かい
議会
14
せい
世紀
えいこく
英国
げん
起源
Parliament has its beginnings in 14th-century England

うちゅう
宇宙
げん
起源
えいえん
永遠に
せつめい
説明
The origin of the universe will probably never be explained

かれ
せいめい
生命
げん
起源
およ
及んだ
He even referred to the origin of life

This word is also French in origin

せいめい
生命
げん
起源
かずおお
数多く
がくせつ
学説
There are many theories about the origin of life

We must go back to the Middle Ages to trace the origin

John is going to tell Lucy about the origin of rugby

ぶっきょ
仏教
げん
起源
はっ
発した
Buddhism had its beginnings in India

かれ
うちゅう
宇宙
げん
起源
しん
進化
He was mainly interested in the origin and development of the universe

When you watch television or listen to the radio, the music which you hear is often African in origin

Because of its origins, Canadian English has features of both American and British English

ダーウィン
しゅ
げん
起源
Darwin wrote "the Origin of Species"

ダーウィン
しゅ
げん
起源
れんそう
連想
We associate the name of Darwin with The Origin of Species