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時代 (じだい): age, period, epoch, era — Japanese vocabulary

時代 is read じだい and means "age, period, epoch, era". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

時代

Reading
じだい · jidai
Translation
age, period, epoch, era
Level
JLPT N4
Pitch accent
じだいが

Example

江戸時代について勉強しました。

えどじだいについてべんきょうしました。

I studied the Edo period.

Kanji in this word

  • 時 — time, hour
  • 代 — Substitute, Change, Convert

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