きねん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
Pitch accent
ねん
Composed of
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
Used in vocabulary (22 in total)
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall
memorial lecture; commemorative speech
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
souvenir; memento
taking a commemorative photo
memorial ceremony
souvenir; memento
commemoration meeting
special issue stamp
taking the entrance examination for a school without regard for one's chances of passing
commemorative medal
commemorative stamp; cachet
commemorative coin
National Foundation Day (national holiday; February 11)
collection of essays contributed in celebration of something; festschrift
commemorative publication
commemorative publication
commemorative coin; memorial coin
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Examples (7 in total)
There was a parade to mark the occasion.
They erected a statue in memory of Gandhi.
The library was founded in memory of the scholar.