Keyword
history
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig747
Readings
(99%)
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a really primitive sailing boat on a wave. Sailing was vital throughout the history of Japan, especially as it allowed the migration of people from the Chinese mainland into Japan.

Used in kanji (1 in total)
government official
Used in vocabulary (185 in total)
historic; historical; traditional
history
in history; ever; historical
historic; historical
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
historical fact
world history; international history
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
history of Japan; Japanese history
strongest ever; most powerful in history
(study of) history
greatest ... in history
record high; all-time high
since the dawn of history
worst-ever; history's worst
official history; authorized history
historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives
history book
military history; military annals
study of history
historic landmark; historic site; historic remains
historian
literary history; history of literature
historic; historical
history of a nation; Japanese history
prehistory
cultural history
ancient history
historical materialism
to let (feel) time pass
historical viewpoint
historical view; view of history (from a given point of view)
personal history
historical philosophy
history of philosophy
Shiji; Shih-chi; The Historical Records (ancient Chinese historical record)
history of medicine
unofficial history
everyone has a past; every person has their own history
historical context; historical background
(written) history
historical awareness; understanding of history
historical records; historical materials
unprecedented in history; unheard-of; epoch-making
history of science
contemporary history
recorded in history; historical
to go down in history; to remain in history
prehistoric era; prehistoric times; prehistory
natural history
historic landmark; historic site; historic remains
history of a company
life cycle; life history
historical archive; library of historical records
history of the Western world
history of civilization
historical drama
economic history
religious history; history of religion
historical treatise; historical discussion
the first in history; only once in history
prehistory
history and biography; historical material
non-official history; privately composed history
overview of history
people's history (written for the king of China; usu. written as a novel)
Censorate (Later Han and Song-dynasty surveillance agency)
historical drama
short or concise history
ancient history
history painting; painting of a historical, mythological or legendary event or figure
complete history
history of diplomacy; history of foreign policy
secret history; hidden history; unknown historical facts
Asian history; Oriental history
modern history; modern and current history; recent history; recent contemporary history
page in the history books; historical (event); old news
respectfully; private secretary
architectural history; history of architecture
outline history
page in the history books; historical (event); old news
mediaeval history
history of the Shōwa period (1926-1989)
historical poem
historical times; historical period
history of a people
without a history; historyless; unhistoried; unstoried
historical view; historical insight
hidden historical background
local history
Ming Dynasty love story
compilation of a history
historical map; atlas
suffix added after a writer's pen name
Chinese classics (ethics, politics, and history)
government official next in rank to the sakan (ritsuryo system)
history of a (political) party
Rikkokushi; the six ancient Japanese historical collections compiled between the Nara and Heian periods
falsified history
historical works; annals
historical school (of economics)
anecdotal history
archives (building); record office; museum
chronicler
historical poem or epic
An Lushan Rebellion (in China; 755-763 CE); An-Shi Rebellion
sad story; tragic history
brief history
non-official history; privately composed history
history of women; herstory
history of Japanese literature
historical story
historical kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); old kana orthography
book (esp. Confucian classics and historical records); history of books; history of calligraphy
legal history (studies)
historic district; historic center of a town
evangelist (i.e. Matthew, Mark, Luke or John)
court historian
history of commerce
to inscribe one's name in history
history of poetry (esp. Chinese); history recorded in the form of poetry
history; annals
historical writing
without a history; historyless; unhistoried; unstoried
emperor-centered historiography (of Japan)
ancient history
historical geography
history of civilization; history of civilisation
masochistic view of history; self-tormenting historical view
outline of history; essentials of history
commentary on Shiki
mystery play; mystère
Twenty-Four Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-four Chinese historical books
historical kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); old kana orthography
etymological dictionary; glossary; thesaurus; history of words
chronicles; annals
unparalleled in history (unparallelled)
legal history (studies)
protohistory (the period between prehistory and history)
revisionist (person who takes a revisionist view of history)
historic sites, places of scenic beauty and natural monuments
official history (e.g. a state-sanctioned account of history subject to revision when the government changes)
imperial censor; ancient Chinese official in charge of inspecting other officials
Twenty-Five Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-five Chinese historical books (the Twenty-Four Histories and the New History of Yuan)
historian of science; science historian
self-congratulatory historical view; uncritical view of (Japanese) history
historiography
Examples (146 in total)
I will tell you the history of my life.
Which period of history are you studying?
How come you know so much about Japanese history?