同どう時じ代だい

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Common word

Meanings

noun

same period; same era; contemporary

Refers to the same historical period or era. Often used in contexts comparing people, events, or works from the same time. Can also imply being of the same age when referring to people, but 同い年 is more common for age.

彼かれはシェイクスピアと同どう時じ代だいの劇げき作さっ家かだ。
He is a playwright contemporary with Shakespeare.
この二ふたつの作さく品ひんは同どう時じ代だいに書かかれた。
These two works were written in the same period.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉と同どう時じ代だいに生いきるto live in the same era as someone
彼かれは夏なつ目め漱そう石せきと同どう時じ代だいに生いきた作さっ家かだった。
He was a writer who lived in the same era as Natsume Soseki.
同どう時じ代だいの〈物もの〉works/things from the same era
この絵かい画がは同どう時じ代だいの作さく品ひんと比くらべて非ひ常じょうに革かく新しん的てきだ。
This painting is very innovative compared to works from the same era.