キネン
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
1. commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memory; honoring the memory of
I think it's a bit much to go out of one's way to make it a commemoration.
Noun
2. memento; souvenir; keepsake
If you liked it that much, let me give you this as a memento.
Pitch accent
キ
ネン
Composed of
account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
taking a commemorative photo
souvenir; memento
memorial ceremony
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall
commemoration meeting
souvenir; memento
taking the entrance examination for a school without regard for one's chances of passing
special issue stamp
commemorative medal
memorial lecture; commemorative speech
commemorative coin
monument; memorial statue
National Foundation Day (national holiday; February 11)
commemorative stamp; cachet
collection of essays contributed in celebration of something; festschrift
commemorative publication
commemorative publication
commemorative coin; memorial coin
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art
Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition '70
Commemorative Association for the Japan World Exposition
Hirafuku Memorial Art Museum
Examples (15 in total)
Why don't you take it home as a memento?
You should keep it as a memento.
There was a parade to mark the occasion.