Definition of 起源 (きげん)

きげん

起源

きげん

kigen

JLPT N1

Common word

noun

•

origin, beginning, source, rise

Related Kanji

起	rouse, wake up, get up
源	source, origin
原	meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

Example sentences(showing 18 results)

ことば

ひじょう

ふる

ことば

きげん

Those words have extremely old origins

かれ

きげん

けんきゅう

He is studying the origin of jazz in America

えいご

たんご

、８０％

ほか

げんご

きげん

80% of all English words come from other languages

かれ

せいめい

きげん

およ

He even referred to the origin of life

ふうしゅう

きげん

１２

せいき

世紀

に

さかのぼる

This custom dates back to the 12th century

ぎかい

議会

は

１４

せいき

えいこく

きげん

Parliament has its beginnings in 14th-century England

うちゅう

きげん

えいえん

せつめい

The origin of the universe will probably never be explained

かれ

せいめい

きげん

およ

He even referred to the origin of life

ご

ご

きげん

This word is also French in origin

せいめい

きげん

かずおお

がくせつ

There are many theories about the origin of life

きげん

つと

ちゅうせい

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

ジョン

きげん

ルーシー

はな

John is going to tell Lucy about the origin of rugby

ぶっきょう

きげん

はっ

Buddhism had its beginnings in India

かれ

彼

は

、

しゅ

主として

、

うちゅう

きげん

しんか

きょうみも

He was mainly interested in the origin and development of the universe

み

き

、

みみ

おんがく

きげん

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

きげん

、

えいご

えいご

えいご

りょうほう

とくちょう

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

ダーウィン

は

「

しゅ

きげん

」

か

Darwin wrote "the Origin of Species"

ダーウィン

というと

「

しゅ

きげん

」

れんそう

We associate the name of Darwin with The Origin of Species