Keyword
chronicle
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 6
Heisig402
Old form歷
Readings
れき
(99%)
Composed of
cliff
a bunch of trees
stop
Mnemonic

"He tried to get away from the serial killer chasing after him. Unfortunately he had to stop as he ran into a bunch of trees blocking his path. He was at the bottom of a cliff with nowhere else to go. And then the killer got to him. The End." is how the chronicle of his life ends.

Used in vocabulary (161 in total)
successive generations; successive emperors
historical; traditional; historic
Examples (158 in total)
It is also a history of battle.
Please remember the history of Japan.
Is history really that important?