1The accumulated technology, institutions, and ideas that a human society has developed — especially a state in which tools and social systems have reached an advanced level.
ナイル川流域には古代文明が栄えた。
Ancient civilization flourished along the Nile river basin.
インターネットの普及は現代文明を大きく変えた。
The spread of the internet greatly transformed modern civilization.
その博物館では世界各地の文明の遺物を展示している。
That museum exhibits artifacts from civilizations around the world.
2The name of a Japanese era in the Muromachi period, spanning 1469 to 1487.
文明年間に起きた争乱は、当時の政治体制に大きな影響を与えた。
The conflicts that broke out during the Bunmei era had a major impact on the political system of the time.