N2704/1725

原げん始し

nounnoun (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)

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げんし

Meanings

origin, beginning, genesis
primeval, primordial, primitive

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Example sentences

原始げんしの森もりには、まだ人間にんげんの手てが入はいっていない場所ばしょがある。

There are still places in the primeval forest untouched by human hands.

人類じんるいの原始げんし的てきな生活せいかつ様式ようしきを研究けんきゅうすることは、現代げんだい社会しゃかいを理解りかいするうえで重要じゅうようだ。

Studying the primitive lifestyle of humanity is important for understanding modern society.

この地域ちいきでは原始げんし時代じだいの遺跡いせきが多おおく発掘はっくつされている。

Many ruins from the primordial era have been excavated in this region.

彼かれの絵えは原始げんし的てきなエネルギーにあふれており、見みる者ものを圧倒あっとうする。

His paintings are filled with primitive energy and overwhelm those who view them.

宇宙うちゅうの原始げんしを探さぐる研究けんきゅうは、私わたしたちの存在そんざいそのものへの問といかけでもある。

Research that explores the genesis of the universe is also an inquiry into our very own existence.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)