南なん北ぼく朝ちょう時じ代だい

noun

Nanbokuchō period (Japan, 1336–1392)

Refers to the Japanese historical period of rival Northern and Southern imperial courts. Used in academic and historical contexts.

• 南なん北ぼく朝ちょう時じ代だいには、京きょう都との北ほく朝ちょうと吉よし野のの南なん朝ちょうが対たい立りつしていた。

  During the Nanbokuchō period, the Northern Court in Kyoto and the Southern Court in Yoshino were in conflict.

noun

Northern and Southern Dynasties period (China, 5th–6th c.)

Refers to the Chinese historical period of division between Northern and Southern dynasties. Less common in everyday Japanese; mainly in historical texts.

• 中ちゅう国ごくの南なん北ぼく朝ちょう時じ代だいは、仏ぶっ教きょうが広ひろまった時じ代だいでもある。

  China's Northern and Southern Dynasties period was also a time when Buddhism spread.