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起源 (きげん): origin, beginning, rise — Japanese vocabulary

起源 is read きげん and means "origin, beginning, rise". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

起源

Reading
きげん · kigen
Translation
origin, beginning, rise
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
きげんが

Example

宇宙の起源はおそらく永遠に説明されないだろう。

うちゅうのきげんはおそらくえいえんにせつめいされないだろう。

The origin of the universe will probably never be explained.

Kanji in this word

  • 起 — rise, get up
  • 源 — source, origin

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