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JLPT N4 · Noun

歴史 (rekishi)

歴史 (れきし, rekishi) is a Japanese noun meaning “history”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
れきし
Romaji
rekishi
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. history · noun

Example sentences

私は地理より歴史が好きだ。
I prefer history to geography.
Tatoeba #155123

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 歴史

歴
curriculum, continuation, passage of timeレキ・レッキ · 14 strokes
史
history, chronicleシ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 歴史.

学歴がくれきacademic background経歴けいれきpersonal history履歴りれきpersonal history女史じょしlady (of high social status史しhistory

Source: JMdict entry 1558050 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.