せい
Meanings
Noun
1. century
2. era
Adjective (の)
3. of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
Kanji used
world
era
Pitch accent
いき
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Composed of
counter for generations; epoch
period; Nihon-shoki
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
last century; ancient times
Examples (34 in total)
This temple dates from the 7th century.
His works will endure for centuries.
At the turn of the century, children still worked in factories.
Prophets have been forecasting the end of the world for centuries.
The twenty-first century begins in 2001.
The 19th century saw the Industrial Revolution.
Were you born in the 20th century or in the 21st?
This church dates from the 12th century.
2001 is the year when the 21st century begins.
Science is the way to prepare for the 21st century.
Can you imagine what the 21st century will be like?
Modern philosophy has its beginnings in the 19th century.
Much of London was destroyed in the seventeenth century.
The fine arts flourished in Italy in the 15th century.
Tennis began in France in the thirteenth century.
This oil painting dates from the 17th century.
This island belonged to France in the 19th century.
During the 19th century, many inventions were developed.
In the 19th century, the number of immigrants increased rapidly.
The story goes back to the sixteenth century.
This custom dates back to the 12th century.
The 21st century is going to be based on economic power.
Many big projects will be completed in the 21st century.
It is said that the castle dates back to the 11th century.
I wonder how many people born in the 19th century are still alive.
The town lay buried for centuries.
The wedding will be held in a 17th century church.
The first prohibition of slavery was in the mid-nineteenth century.
The Ghost of Cock Lane is an English ghost story from the 18th century.
We're going to the party in eighteenth century costumes.
The old church on the hill dates back to the twelfth century.
Scientific knowledge has greatly advanced since the 16th century.
In the nineteenth century, many Africans were sold as slaves in the United States.
He studied the scientists considered to be the most significant of the 19th century.