キゲンゼン
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. pre-era; BC; BCE
Pitch accent
ンゼン
Composed of
era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
Examples (3 in total)
Christ was born in 4 BC.
And then the Romans came in 55 B. C.
Some of the oldest Chinese chopsticks date from 1200 B.C.