ピリオド

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リ

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ド

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to the punctuation mark '.' used in European languages. In Japanese, 句点 (くてん) is the native term for the Japanese full stop '。'.

Used for a span of time, often in historical or formal contexts. 時代 (じだい) is a more common native equivalent.

Sports term for a division of playing time, e.g., in ice hockey or basketball. クォーター is also used for quarters.

第だい〈数かず〉ピリオドthe nth period (in a sports match)
第だい二にピリオドで一いっ点てん差さに追おいついた。
They closed the gap to one point in the second period.
ピリオドが始はじまる／終おわるfor a period (in a sports match) to start/end
第だい一いちピリオドが終おわり、選せん手しゅたちは休きゅう憩けいに入はいった。
The first period ended, and the players took a break.

句く点てん sense 1
句点 is the native Japanese term for the full stop '。' used in Japanese writing, while ピリオド refers to the Western-style period '.' used with romanized or foreign text.
時じ代だいN4sense 2
時代 is the everyday, native word for a historical era or period, while ピリオド is a more formal or literary loanword used the same way.
クォーター sense 3
クォーター and ピリオド both mean a division of playing time in sports, but ピリオド is standard for ice hockey while クォーター is standard for basketball and American football.
ピリ
ピリ is the clipped, sports-jargon form used for a period/quarter in games like hockey or basketball, while ピリオド is the full word that also means a punctuation period or an ending.
終しゅう止し符ふN1
ピリオド is the English loanword for the punctuation mark, used similarly but less formally than 終止符.

Borrowed from English 'period'.