ぶんめい
Meanings
Noun
1. civilization; civilisation; culture
2. Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
Pitch accent
んめい
Composed of
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Used in vocabulary (24 in total)
material civilization; material civilisation
ancient civilization; ancient civilisation
civilized person; civilized people
modern convenience; convenience of civilized life; blessings of civilization
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
civilized society; civilised society
technical civilization; technical civilisation
modern civilization; modern civilisation
Western civilization; Western civilisation
civilized world; civilised world
modern civilization; modern world
Mesopotamian civilization (civilisation)
Egyptian civilization (civilisation)
history of civilization
Western civilization; Western civilisation
Indus (valley) civilization (civilisation)
civilized world; civilised world
Aztec civilization (civilisation)
Yellow River civilization; Huang civilization; cradle of Chinese civilization
the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)
Aegean civilization (civilisation)
clash of civilizations
the Bunmeikan Theater
indistinct; obscure
Examples (15 in total)
Love is the miracle of civilization.
The Middle East is the cradle of civilization.
The progress of civilization is very rapid.