きねん – Vocabulary details

きねん

Noun

Verb (する, transitive)

1. commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memory; honoring the memory of

わざわざ記き念ねんにするのはどうかと思おもうけど。I think it's a bit much to go out of one's way to make it a commemoration.

Noun

2. memento; souvenir; keepsake

そんなに気きに入いってくれたのなら記き念ねんにこれをあげよう。If you liked it that much, let me give you this as a memento.

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ねん

account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters

sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph

museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall

memorial lecture; commemorative speech

きねんに持もって帰かえったら？

Why don't you take it home as a memento?

きねんにとっておくといい。

You should keep it as a memento.

行ぎょう事じをきねんしてパレードが行おこなわれた。

There was a parade to mark the occasion.

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