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記念

紀念

Reading

Kana: きねん
Romaji: kinen
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory

Kanji

Readings: キ、 しる.す
Meanings: scribe, account, narrative
Reading: ネン
Meanings: wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
Reading: 
Meanings: chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period

Example Sentences

20周年(しゅうねん)記念(きねん)乾杯(かんぱい)
➥A toast to your 20th Anniversary!
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これらは記念碑(きねんひ)なのである。
➥They are memorials.
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兵士達(へいしたち)平和(へいわ)記念碑(きねんひ)()てた。
➥The soldiers have erected a peace monument.
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記念碑(きねんひ)公園(こうえん)()てられた。
➥The monument was set up in the park.
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学生(がくせい)創立(そうりつ)記念日(きねんび)(やす)みだ。
➥Students have a holiday on Foundation Day.
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(うみ)をバックに記念(きねん)写真(しゃしん)()ろうよ。
➥Let's get a picture of us with the sea in the background.
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