二十世紀
にじっせいき twentieth century
Why it means this
二十 (twenty) + 世紀 (century) — the 20th century; also a variety of Japanese pear.
Breakdown
- 二 ふた two, two radical (no. 7)
- 十 とお ten
- 世 よ generation, world, society
- 紀 キ chronicle, account, narrative
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