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西暦

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西暦 — “the Christian era, A.D. (Gregorian calendar)”

西暦 (read せいれき) means the Christian era, A.D. (Gregorian calendar). It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

せいれき

Meaning

the Christian era, A.D. (Gregorian calendar)

西暦 in a sentence

西暦せいれきで書くかく。

Write it in the Western calendar.

The kanji in 西暦

西west
暦calendar

Words that share a kanji with 西暦

西にし— west
西洋せいよう— the West, Western countries
関西かんさい— Kansai region (Osaka-Kyoto area)
東西とうざい— east and west; the Orient and the Occident

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