げんし
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. origin; beginning; genesis
2. primeval; primordial; primitive
Pitch accent
んし
Used in vocabulary (19 in total)
primitive; original
primitive man
primitive times
pre-sectarian Buddhism; the earliest Buddhism; original Buddhism
primitive religion
early Christianity; 1st and 2nd century Christianity
primitive communism
source language
primitive function
primitive reflex
the early church; the primitive church
primitive community; primitive (communist) society
protostar
source module; compilation unit
source document type (of a link)
source element type (of a link)
Examples (2 in total)
In primitive societies barter was used.
The anthropologist delivered a lecture on primitive cultures.