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ancient; old
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
era
simp. and trad.
(古生代)
 
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古生代

  1. (geology) the Paleozoic era (part of the Phanerozoic eon, spanning from 541 to 252.17 million years ago)

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Grade: 2
せい
Grade: 1
だい
Grade: 3
kan'on goon
 古生代 on Japanese Wikipedia

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()(せい)(だい) (Koseidai

  1. the Paleozoic
    • 1987 May 1 [1987 March 20], Fujiko Fujio, “うちの石炭紀 [My Carboniferous]”, in みどりの守り神 [Green Guardian God] (藤子不二雄 SF全短編; 2), 2nd edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第三章, page 576:
      (さん)(おく)(ねん)(まえ)()(せい)(だい)(せき)(たん)()()(きゅう)にわれわれの(せん)()(あらわ)れた(じん)(るい)(れき)()()(ひゃく)()(じゅう)(まん)(ねん)とすればそのざっと(ひゃく)()(じゅう)(ばい)(むかし)
      San'okunen mae Koseidai Sekitanki no Chikyū ni wareware no senzo wa arawareta Jinrui no rekishi o nihyakugojū-mannen to sureba Sono zatto hyakunijūbai no mukashi da
      Our ancestors emerged on this Earth 300 million years ago, in the Paleozoic Carboniferous. Given that human history has only spanned 2.5 million years, our species is about 120 times older.

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