起源
N1きげん kigen
- origin
- beginning
- 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。
- 彼は生命の起源にまで説き及んだ。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"
}
}