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万国史 (ばんこくし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

万ばん国こく史し

Meanings

1

noun

world history

Refers to the history of the entire world, often as an academic subject or a broad historical overview.

大だい学がくで万ばん国こく史しの講こう義ぎを取とっている。
I'm taking a world history lecture at university.

Kanji

万ten thousand, 10,000
国country
史history, chronicle

Similar words

世せ界かい史し
世界史 is the more common modern term for 'world history'. 万国史 is an older or more formal synonym, less frequent in everyday use.

Etymology

Compound of 万国 (bankoku, 'all nations') + 史 (shi, 'history'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term follows a common Sino-Japanese pattern for academic disciplines.