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起き源げん

N1
きげん kigen
  1. origin
  2. beginning
  3. rise
noun

Chinese meanings

起源

Examples

  • この民族の起源は神秘につつまれている。
    The origins of these people is shrouded in mystery.
    这个民族的起源笼罩在神秘之中。
  • 彼かれは生せい命めいの起き源げんにまで説とき及およんだ。
    He even referred to the origin of life.
    他一直论述到生命的起源。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('400423303a'); // 起源
{
  "id": "400423303a",
  "word": "起源",
  "reading": "きげん",
  "romaji": "kigen",
  "meanings": [
    "origin",
    "beginning",
    "rise"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1591140,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "この民族の起源は神秘につつまれている。",
      "en": "The origins of these people is shrouded in mystery.",
      "tatoeba_id": 219470
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は生命の起源にまで説き及んだ。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{生命|せいめい}の{起源|きげん}にまで{説|と}き{及|およ}んだ。",
      "en": "He even referred to the origin of life.",
      "tatoeba_id": 103183
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "0d85baf1ab9201a7de57e0010478367f65348ae22984aabfc3943c10c687f4f3",
    "meanings": [
      "起源"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "この民族の起源は神秘につつまれている。",
        "zh": "这个民族的起源笼罩在神秘之中。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は生命の起源にまで説き及んだ。",
        "zh": "他一直论述到生命的起源。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/400423303a",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1591140; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "f9756e80efd0576639a69931b872426018c2a0404a129ad5682e511ed16adcaf",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}