noun
Holocene epoch
Geological term for the current epoch, beginning after the last Ice Age.
完新世は約1万年前に始まった。
The Holocene epoch began about 10,000 years ago.
Pleistocene epoch, the geological epoch immediately before the Holocene.
From 完 (complete) + 新 (new) + 世 (epoch), a calque of 'Holocene' (from Greek 'holos' whole + 'kainos' new).