御み代よ

noun

imperial reign; period

Refers to the reign of an emperor or a historical period named after an emperor. Often used in historical or formal contexts.

• 明めい治じの御み代よは日本にほんの近きん代だい化かが進すすんだ時じ代だいだった。

  The Meiji period was an era when Japan's modernization advanced.

• この神じん社じゃは、先せん帝ていの御み代よに建たてられたと伝つたえられている。

  This shrine is said to have been built during the reign of the previous emperor.