石炭紀

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See also: 石炭纪

Chinese

coal period
trad. (石炭紀) 石炭 紀
simp. (石炭纪) 石炭 纪
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Proper noun

石炭紀

  1. (geology) the Carboniferous period (part of the Paleozoic era, spanning from 358.9 to 298.9 million years ago)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
石 炭 紀
せき
Grade: 1 		たん
Grade: 3 		き
Grade: 5
kan'on
 石炭紀 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

石炭 (sekitan, “coal”) +‎ 紀 (-ki, “period”)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

石(せき)炭(たん)紀(き) • (Sekitanki) 

  1. the Carboniferous
    • 1987 May 1 , Fujiko Fujio, “創世日記 ”, in みどりの守り神 (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 2), 2nd edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第一章, page 23:
      八(はち)月(がつ)十(じゅう)九(く)日(にち)三(さん)億(おく)年(ねん)前(まえ)　石(せき)炭(たん)紀(き)の大(だい)森(しん)林(りん)　恐(きょう)竜(りゅう)時(じ)代(だい)はもう近(ちか)い
      Hachigatsu jūkunichi san'okunen mae Sekitanki no daishinrin Kyōryū jidai wa mō chikai
      August 19, 300 million years ago. Huge Carboniferous forests. The age of the dinosaurs is drawing near.
    • 1987 May 1 , Fujiko Fujio, “うちの石炭紀 ”, in みどりの守り神 (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 2), 2nd edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第三章, page 576:
      三(さん)億(おく)年(ねん)前(まえ)古(こ)生(せい)代(だい)石(せき)炭(たん)紀(き)の地(ち)球(きゅう)にわれわれの先(せん)祖(ぞ)は現(あらわ)れた人(じん)類(るい)の歴(れき)史(し)を二(に)百(ひゃく)五(ご)十(じゅう)万(まん)年(ねん)とすればそのざっと百(ひゃく)二(に)十(じゅう)倍(ばい)の昔(むかし)だ
      San'okunen mae Koseidai Sekitanki no Chikyū ni wareware no senzo wa arawareta Jinrui no rekishi o nihyakugojū-mannen to sureba Sono zatto hyakunijūbai no mukashi da
      Our ancestors emerged on this Earth 300 million years ago, in the Paleozoic Carboniferous. Given that human history has only spanned 2.5 million years, our species is about 120 times older.

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