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記念 (きねん): Commemoration — Japanese vocabulary

記念 is read きねん and means "Commemoration". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

記念

Reading
きねん · kinen
Translation
Commemoration
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
きねんが

Example

月着陸は記念すべき偉業であった。

がつちゃくりくはきねんすべきいぎょうであった。

The moon landing was a monumental achievement.

Kanji in this word

  • 記 — record
  • 念 — mind, thought

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