紀事本末体

きじほんまつたい

noun

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topical-annalistic style (of historical writing)

紀	chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
事	matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
本	book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
末	end, close, tip, powder, posterity
体	body, substance, object, reality, counter for images