歴れき史し

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

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Refers to the academic discipline, a historical record, or the past events of a person, place, or thing.

彼かれは大だい学がくで歴れき史しを専せん攻こうしている。
He is majoring in history at university.
この町まちには長ながい歴れき史しがある。
This town has a long history.

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Usage patterns

歴れき史しを学まなぶto study history
大だい学がくで日本にほんの歴れき史しを学まなんでいる。
I am studying Japanese history at university.
歴れき史しがあるto have a (long) history; to be long-standing
この神じん社じゃは千せん年ねん以い上じょうの歴れき史しがある。
This shrine has a history of over a thousand years.
歴れき史しを振ふり返かえるto look back on history
この本ほんでは戦せん後ごの歴れき史しを振ふり返かえっている。
This book looks back on the postwar era.
歴れき史しを作つくるto make history
彼かの女じょはオリンピックで歴れき史しを作つくった。
She made history at the Olympics.
歴れき史しを変かえるto change the course of history
その発はつ明めいは世せ界かいの歴れき史しを変かえた。
That invention changed the course of world history.

Expressions· 8

正せい式しきの歴れき史しofficial history; state-sanctioned history
歴れき史しに残のこるgo down in history; be recorded in history
歴れき史しのないwithout a history; historyless
歴れき史しを刻きざむmake history; carve out a history; have a history
人ひとに歴れき史しありeveryone has a past; every person has their own history

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歴れき史しの１いちページpage in history; historical event; old news
歴れき史しは繰くり返かえすhistory repeats itself
歴れき史しに名なを留とどめるto inscribe one's name in history; to leave one's mark on history

Kanji

歴curriculum, continuation, passage of time
史history, chronicle
歷take place, past, history

Related words· 7

過か去こN3
過去 means 'the past' in a general temporal sense, while 歴史 implies a recorded or studied past, such as a discipline or chronicle.
沿えん革かく
沿革 is a formal word for the developmental history of an organization or institution, while 歴史 is the general, everyday word for history.
経けい歴れきN1
経歴 refers to a person's personal career or background history, while 歴史 refers to history in the broader, general sense.
史し
歴史 is the ordinary standalone word for history, while 史 is a shorter form used mainly as a suffix attached to a field, country, or institution.

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史し学がく
歴史 refers to history as past events or a narrative, while 史学 specifically means the academic discipline of studying history.
由ゆい緒しょN1
歴史 is the neutral, general word for "history," while 由緒 specifically implies a prestigious or storied lineage, often of a family, shrine, or heirloom.
日本にほん史し
歴史 is the general word for 'history' of any place or era, while 日本史 narrows that down specifically to the history of Japan.

Opposites

未み来らいN3
未来 means 'the future', standing in temporal opposition to 歴史, which concerns the recorded past.

Don't confuse with

履り歴れきN1
履歴 shares the kanji 歴 with 歴史 but means a personal record or log (like a resume or browser history), not history in the general sense.
史し上じょうN1
歴史 is the noun 'history' itself, while 史上 is an adverbial/adjectival phrase meaning 'in (recorded) history', used to modify superlatives like 史上初.
歴れき代だい
歴史 means 'history' in general, while 歴代 specifically means the successive holders of a position or title, though the two share the kanji 歴 and are sometimes confused.

Word family· 32

歴れき史し的てきN1
historical; traditional · historic
歴れき史し上じょう
historic; historical; in history
歴れき史し劇げき
historical drama; historical play
歴れき史し学がく
history (as a field of study); historical studies
歴れき史し家か
historian

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歴れき史し書しょ
history book
歴れき史し画が
history painting; historical painting
歴れき史し観かん
view of history; historical perspective
歴れき史し館かん
history museum; historical archive
黒くろ歴れき史し
dark past; cringeworthy history; something one wants to forget

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Written forms

歴れき史しUsage100%
Standard kanji form; high-frequency word.
歷史れきしUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Kyūjitai form; included for search compatibility.

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 歷史 (liᴇk̚ ʃɨX), meaning 'history' or 'annals'. The kanji 歴 means 'passing of time' and 史 means 'record' or 'chronicle'.