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文ぶん明めい

N3
ぶんめい bunmei
  1. civilization
  2. culture
noun

Chinese meanings

文明

Examples

  • 19世せい紀きは白はく人じん文ぶん明めいの時じ代だいだった。
    The nineteenth century was the age of the white man's civilization.
    十九世纪是白人文明的时代。
  • その国くにの文ぶん明めいは進しん歩ぽした。
    The country's civilization has advanced.
    那个国家的文明进步了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('56e2434245'); // 文明
{
  "id": "56e2434245",
  "word": "文明",
  "reading": "ぶんめい",
  "romaji": "bunmei",
  "meanings": [
    "civilization",
    "culture"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1505650,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "19世紀は白人文明の時代だった。",
      "furigana": "19{世紀|せいき}は{白人|はくじん}{文明|ぶんめい}の{時代|じだい}だった。",
      "en": "The nineteenth century was the age of the white man's civilization.",
      "tatoeba_id": 235867
    },
    {
      "ja": "その国の文明は進歩した。",
      "furigana": "その{国|くに}の{文明|ぶんめい}は{進歩|しんぽ}した。",
      "en": "The country's civilization has advanced.",
      "tatoeba_id": 210615
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "5615b40e7915db9ace0a5a141d07fffdb73878e56c2c69c15eeab19c3f8ada9d",
    "meanings": [
      "文明"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "19世紀は白人文明の時代だった。",
        "zh": "十九世纪是白人文明的时代。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "その国の文明は進歩した。",
        "zh": "那个国家的文明进步了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/56e2434245",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1505650; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "6f33c9b6eacdb6bca836f90754c93e3cd0309d82e7ea24ff1927056d201ecd6d"
  }
}