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時代 (じだい) — age | JLPT N4 · Nihongo Circle

時代

じだい

noun

Meanings

1age
2period
3epoch
4era
5the times
6those days
7oldness
8ancientness

Example sentence

彼は少年時代はとてもやんちゃだった。

He was very naughty in his boyhood.

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Kanji in this word

時Time, Hour10 strokes 代Substitute, Change, Convert5 strokes

More words with 時

時折ときおり · sometimesN1 時差じさ · time differenceN1 時間割じかんわり · timetableN2 ～時間目～じかんめ · ~th hourN2 時速じそく ·

Full entry on Jisho

speed (per hour)

N2

臨時りんじ · temporaryN2

時期じき · timeN3

時間じかん · timeN5

More words with 代

代る代るかわるがわる · alternatelyN1 世代せだい · generationN1 代名詞だいめいし · pronounN2 お代わりおかわり · second helpingN2 現代げんだい · todayN3 代金だいきん · priceN3 代理だいり · representationN3 古代こだい · ancient timesN1

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