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Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of きげん – see the following entries.
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【紀元】
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- the Common Era
- (generally) The basis point for measuring years in a calendar; the year 0 for any given time-reckoning system.
- (historical) The era of all emperors to have ever ruled Japan, starting with Emperor Jinmu's supposed ascension in 660 BCE, established in 1872 (5th year of the Meiji era).
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(This term, きげん (kigen), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
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