Word Meaning 古典

こてん koten

古典 is read as こてん (koten) and means classic (work, esp. book).

Meaning

English

  1. classic (work, esp. book)
  2. the classics

Reading

Kana

こてん

Romaji

koten

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 3568 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

古語辞典

こごじてん

dictionary of archaisms

古典的

こてんてき

classical

古典的自由主義

こてんてきじゆうしゅぎ

classical liberalism

古典物理学

こてんぶつりがく

classical physics

古典総合研究所

こてんそうごうけんきゅうじょ

Japan Classic Literature Research Institute

古典時代

こてんじだい

the classical period

古典力学

こてんりきがく

classical mechanics

古典論理学

こてんろんりがく

classical logic

古典文学

こてんぶんがく

classical literature

古典的条件づけ

こてんてきじょうけんづけ

classical conditioning

古典量子論

こてんりょうしろん

classical quantum theory

古典学

こてんがく

classics

Example Sentences

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わたしはこてんおんがくがすきです。

I like classical music.

かれはだいがくでこてんぶんがくをせんこうした。

He majored in classical literature at the university.

Reading classics is not easy.

I'd like to spend my holidays reading history books or classics.

The Gossamer Years, an English title for the Japanese classical work of literature Kagerō Nikki.

I'd like to spend my holidays reading history books or classics.

This adaptation by a popular writer has given a new life to this classic.

She likes composers from the classical period like Mozart and Beethoven.

I expected more classical features, but hers is a beauty that would do well even in this age.

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