きげん
Meanings
Noun
1. origin; beginning; source; rise
Pitch accent
げん
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin, 1859); origin of species
theory of origins; origin hypothesis
Examples (8 in total)
Buddhism had its beginnings in India.
This word is also French in origin.
The origin of the universe will probably never be explained.
The origins of these people is shrouded in mystery.
He is studying the origin of jazz in America.
To determine its origins, we must go back to the middle ages.
John is going to tell Lucy about the origin of rugby.
He was mainly interested in the origin of the universe and evolution.