"文明" meaning in Japanese

See 文明 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [bɯ̟̃mːe̞ː] Forms: 文明 [canonical] (ruby: (ぶん), (めい)), Bunmei [romanization]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Middle Chinese 文明 (MC mjun mjaeng). Etymology templates: {{lbor|ja|ltc|-|sort=ふんめい'}} Learned borrowing from Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|文明}} 文明 (MC mjun mjaeng) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper noun|ぶんめい}} 文(ぶん)明(めい) • (Bunmei)
  1. the Bunmei era, 1469-1487 Categories (topical): Historical periods Related terms: 応仁 (Ōnin) (ruby: 応仁(おうにん)) (english: era preceding Bunmei), 長享 (Chōkyō) (ruby: 長享(ちょうきょう)) (english: era following Bunmei)
    Sense id: en-文明-ja-name-GUjTQRgW Disambiguation of Historical periods: 81 19

Noun

IPA: [bɯ̟̃mːe̞ː] Forms: 文明 [canonical] (ruby: (ぶん), (めい)), bunmei [romanization]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Middle Chinese 文明 (MC mjun mjaeng). Etymology templates: {{lbor|ja|ltc|-|sort=ふんめい'}} Learned borrowing from Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|文明}} 文明 (MC mjun mjaeng) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぶんめい}} 文(ぶん)明(めい) • (bunmei)
  1. civilization Derived forms: 文明開化 (bunmeikaika) (ruby: (ぶん), (めい), (かい), ())
    Sense id: en-文明-ja-noun-axVxMkDo Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 87 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 89
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Download raw JSONL data for 文明 meaning in Japanese (3.5kB)

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  "title": "文明",
  "trace": ""
}

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