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JLPT N2

数億年

It expresses an approximate time of hundreds of millions of years. You’ll often see it in science.

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Noun

Several hundred million years

An immense and approximate period of time lasting for hundreds of millions of years, typically used for geological or astronomical timescales.

Example

恐竜 が 地球 に 住んで いた の は 、 数億 年前 の こと です 。

Dinosaurs lived on Earth several hundred million years ago.

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It expresses an approximate time of hundreds of millions of years. You'll often see it in science.
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