開かい闢びゃく

noun

beginning of the world; creation

Literary or mythological term for the creation or dawn of the world. Often used in historical or philosophical contexts. The reading かいひゃく is obsolete.

• 天てん地ち開かい闢びゃくの神しん話わは多おおくの文ぶん化かに存そん在ざいする。

  Myths of the creation of heaven and earth exist in many cultures.

• 開かい闢びゃく以い来らい、人じん類るいは進しん歩ぽを続つづけてきた。

  Since the beginning of the world, humanity has continued to progress.