世紀 (Seiki) is a Japanese noun meaning “century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)”.
Meanings
- nouncentury
- nounera
- adjectival nounof the century (e.g. fight of the century)
Examples
彼は１９世紀に生まれた。
He was born in the 19th century.
現代哲学は１９世紀に始まる。
Modern philosophy has its beginnings in the 19th century.
この絵画は十五世紀のものだ。
This drawing dates back to the fifteenth century.
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