Word Meaning 旧石器

きゅうせっき kyuusekki

旧石器 is read as きゅうせっき (kyuusekki) and means paleolith.

Meaning

English

  1. paleolith

Reading

Kana

きゅうせっき

Romaji

kyuusekki

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Rank 59937 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

旧石器時代

きゅうせっきじだい

Paleolithic

旧石器文化

きゅうせっきぶんか

Palaeolithic culture

亜旧石器時代

あきゅうせっきじだい

Epipaleolithic (era)

石器

せっき

stone implement (e.g. stone age arrowheads)

投石器

とうせきき

sling

打製石器

だせいせっき

chipped stone tool

細石器

さいせっき

microlith (small stone tool)

石器時代

せっきじだい

Stone Age

中石器時代

ちゅうせっきじだい

Mesolithic

新石器時代

しんせっきじだい

Neolithic

石器文化

せっきぶんか

stone age culture

旧暦

きゅうれき

Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar

Example Sentences

1

As evidenced by findings from the Iwajuku site to results of excavations around the country, a paleolithic culture did exist in the Japanese archipelago. However, there are almost no surviving artifacts of what could be termed plastic art.