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履歴 (りれき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

履り歴れき

り

れ

き

Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

personal history; background; career

Refers to a person's educational and professional background, often used in resumes and CVs.

履り歴れき書しょに学がく

歴れき

と

職しょく

歴れき

を

詳くわ

しく

書か

い

て

ください

。

Please write your educational and work history in detail on your resume.

彼かれの履り歴れきを見みると、大おお手て企き業ぎょうでの経けい験けんが長ながい。

Looking at his background, he has long experience at major companies.

2

log; record; history

Used for recorded data such as browsing history, operation logs, or transaction records.

ブラウザの履り歴れきを消しょう去きょする方ほう法ほうを教おしえてください。
Please tell me how to clear the browser history.
このシステムはすべての操そう作さ履り歴れきを自じ動どう的てきに保ほ存ぞんします。
This system automatically saves all operation logs.

3

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 履歴現象 (hysteresis phenomenon); used in physics and engineering.

See also: 履歴現象 (りれきげんしょう)

磁じ性せい材ざい料りょうの履り歴れき曲きょく線せんを測そく定ていした。
We measured the hysteresis curve of the magnetic material.

Usage patterns

履り歴れきを消けすto delete a history/log (e.g. browsing history)
ブラウザの履り歴れきを消けした。
I cleared the browser history.
履り歴れきが残のこるfor a record/log to remain
パソコンには操そう作さの履り歴れきが残のこる。
A log of the operations remains on the computer.
履り歴れきを確かく認にんするto check a log or record
エラーの原げん因いんを調しらべるため履り歴れきを確かく認にんした。
I checked the logs to investigate the cause of the error.
履り歴れきに傷きずがつくfor one's (career) record to be tarnished
一いち度どの失しっ敗ぱいで履り歴れきに傷きずがついた。
A single mistake left a blemish on his record.
〈事こと〉の履り歴れきがあるto have a history/record of doing something
彼かれには転てん職しょくの履り歴れきがある。
He has a history of changing jobs.

Kanji

履perform, complete, footgear
歴curriculum, continuation, passage of time

Related words· 8

経けい歴れきN1sense 1
経歴 emphasizes the course of one's career or life experiences, while 履歴 is the more formal term used in documents like résumés.
記き録ろくN3sense 2
記録 is the general word for any recorded data, while 履歴 specifically refers to a chronological log of past actions or transactions.
ログ sense 2
ログ is the casual, tech-borrowed word for a system or activity log, while 履歴 is the native Japanese term often preferred in everyday interfaces.
前ぜん歴れき
履歴 typically denotes a written or logged record (like a resume or computer log), whereas 前歴 refers to the actual past events themselves.

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遍へん歴れき
履歴 is a factual record of one's past (like a resume), whereas 遍歴 conveys the lived, often turbulent variety of one's experiences.
歴れき
履歴 is a full noun for a documented personal record (as in 履歴書), whereas 歴 only appears as a suffix inside compounds like 学歴 or 病歴.
プロフィールN1
履歴 usually refers to a record of past actions or history (like a résumé or browsing history), while プロフィール is a self-presented summary of who someone is.

Don't confuse with

歴れき史しN4
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.
履り修しゅう
履修 and 履歴 share the kanji 履 but 履歴 means a personal history or record, not course registration.

Word family· 14

履り歴れき書しょN3
résumé; curriculum vitae; personal history document
変へん更こう履り歴れき
change log; revision history
履り歴れき情じょう報ほう
historical information; history data

Etymology

Compound of 履 (り, 'to step, carry out') and 歴 (れき, 'passage of time, history'). The combination conveys a record of one's steps or past actions.

足あし跡あと

N2

履歴 is the generic word for a history or log of past activity, while 足跡 is the casual SNS term for a record showing someone visited a page.

履り歴れき現げん象しょう

hysteresis

承しょう認にん履り歴れき

approval log

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改かい訂てい履り歴れき
revision history
更こう新しん履り歴れき
change log; update history; record of updates
検けん索さく履り歴れき
search history
注ちゅう文もん履り歴れき
order history; purchase history
着ちゃく信しん履り歴れき
incoming call history; call log

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