日本にほん紀ぎ

noun

Rikkokushi; six national histories

Refers collectively to the six official national histories compiled in the Nara and Heian periods. Often used in historical contexts.

See also: 六国史

• 日本にほん紀ぎは、奈な良ら時じ代だいから平へい安あん時じ代だいにかけて編へん纂さんされた六むっつの国こく史しの総そう称しょうです。

  Nihongi is a general term for the six national histories compiled from the Nara to Heian periods.

noun

Nihon Shoki; Chronicles of Japan

Specifically the second oldest work of Japanese history, completed in 720 CE. Also known as Nihongi.

See also: 日本書紀

• 日本にほん紀ぎは720年ねんに完かん成せいした日本にほんで二に番ばん目めに古ふるい歴れき史し書しょです。

  The Nihon Shoki is the second oldest history book in Japan, completed in 720.