Translation guide
The concept of chronology in English covers both the sequential order of events and the academic study of time and dating. In Japanese, different words and phrases are used depending on whether you mean a timeline, a chronological record, or the scholarly field.
Expressing the sequence of events in time order.
A chronological table or timeline, often used for historical events in a structured format.
I'm making a historical chronology.
Chronological order; used as a noun or adverbially with に.
Please arrange the events in chronological order.
Time series; often used in data analysis or when discussing sequences over time.
This graph shows chronological data.
Annalistic arrangement; mainly used in historical contexts like 編年体 (chronological historiography).
This history book is written in a chronological style.
Referring to the scholarly discipline that determines dates and sequences of past events.
A written account or list of events in the order they happened.
A chronicle or annals; a historical record of events arranged in order of time.
This chronology details the events of the 12th century.
Loanword from English 'chronicle', often used in titles or modern contexts.
An annalistic history; a formal term for a chronological record.
年表 is a physical or visual timeline (like a chart). 年代順 is the abstract order (chronological order). 時系列 is used for data sequences over time, often in statistics or graphs.
年代学 is an academic term. In everyday conversation, use 年表 or 年代順 instead.
Chronology is the foundation of historical research.
Reading the game's chronology helps you understand the story.
編年史の編纂には長い時間がかかった。
Compiling the chronology took a long time.