Word Meaning 日本紀

にほんぎ nihongi

日本紀 is read as にほんぎ (nihongi) and means Rikkokushi (six national histories of Japan compiled in the Nara and Heian periods).

Meaning

English

  1. Rikkokushi (six national histories of Japan compiled in the Nara and Heian periods)
  2. Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE)
  3. Nihongi
  4. Chronicles of Japan

Reading

Kana

にほんぎ

Romaji

nihongi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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日本後紀

にほんこうき

Nihon Kōki (third of the six classical Japanese history texts)

日本書紀

にほんしょき

Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE)

日本書紀通証

にほんしょきつうしょう

Perpetual Commentary on the Chronicles of Japan (by Tanikawa Kotosuga, 1762)

続日本後紀

しょくにほんこうき

Shoku Nihon Kōki (fourth of the six classical Japanese history texts)

続日本紀

しょくにほんぎ

Shoku Nihongi (second of the six classical Japanese history texts)

釈日本紀

しゃくにほんぎ

Shaku Nihongi (commentary on the Nihon Shoki compiled in the late 13th century)

日本刀

にほんとう

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved)

日本製

にほんせい

made in Japan

日本企業

にほんきぎょう

Japanese company (business, firm)

日本脳炎

にほんのうえん

Japanese encephalitis

日本選挙学会

にっぽんせんきょがっかい

Japanese Association of Electoral Studies

日本統計学会

にっぽんとうけいがっかい

Japan Statistical Society