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歴史家 (れきしか, rekishika) Japanese meaning: historian | Kotomora

歴れき史し家か

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Meanings

1

A person who studies or writes about history; a neutral, common term.

彼かれは有ゆう名めいな歴れき史し家かです。
He is a famous historian.

Kanji

歴curriculum, continuation, passage of time
史history, chronicle
家house, home, family

Related words

史し家か
歴史家 is the common, neutral word for a historian, while 史家 is a more formal, literary term often used in scholarly or journalistic writing.

Built from

歴れき史し家かたちはその古こ文ぶん書しょを分ぶん析せきした。

The historians analyzed the ancient document.

歴れき+史し家か

Etymology

Compound of 歴史 (history) + 家 (suffix for a specialist or practitioner).