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年代 (ねんだい): age, era, period — Japanese vocabulary

年代 is read ねんだい and means "age, era, period". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

年代

Reading
ねんだい · nendai
Translation
age, era, period
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
ねんだいが

Example

このつぼの年代を決めるのはたいへん難しい。

このつぼのねんだいをきめるのはたいへんむずかしい。

It is very hard to date this vase.

Kanji in this word

  • 年 — year
  • 代 — Substitute, Change, Convert

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