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漸新世 (ぜんしんせい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

漸ぜん新しん世せい

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Meanings

1

Oligocene epoch

Geological epoch from about 33.9 to 23 million years ago, between the Eocene and Miocene.

漸ぜん新しん世せいは哺ほ乳にゅう類るいの多た様よう化かが進すすんだ時じ代だいで

ある

。

The Oligocene was a period when mammalian diversification advanced.

Kanji

漸steadily, gradually advancing, finally
新new
世generation, world, society

Related words

始し新しん世せい
The Eocene epoch, preceding the Oligocene.
中ちゅう新しん世せい
The Miocene epoch, following the Oligocene.

Etymology

From 漸 (ぜん, 'gradually') + 新 (しん, 'new') + 世 (せい, 'epoch'), a calque of the English 'Oligocene' (from Greek oligos 'few' + kainos 'new').