当とう時じ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

Refers to a specific past period already established in context. Can be used as a noun or adverbially.

当とう時じの〈物もの〉the ~ from that time
当とう時じの写しゃ真しんがまだ残のこっている。
Photos from that time still remain.
当とう時じとしては〈形けい容よう詞し〉for that time, ...; relatively speaking back then
当とう時じとしては珍めずらしい技ぎ術じゅつだった。
It was an unusual technology for that era.
当とう時じから〈事こと〉since that time
二人ふたりは当とう時じから仲なかが良よかった。
The two of them had been close since back then.

その頃ころN2
当時 and その頃 both mean 'around that time', but その頃 sounds slightly more casual and often follows a preceding time reference more loosely.
その時とき
当時 refers to a broader past period already established in context, while その時 points to a more immediate, specific moment.
かつてN2
当時 is tied to a specific past period given by context, whereas かつて is more literary and simply means 'once, formerly' without needing a stated period.
昔むかしN4
当時 pinpoints a specific era already under discussion, while 昔 is vaguer and just means 'long ago' in general.

現げん在ざいN3
当時 refers to a past period being discussed, while 現在 refers to the present time, and the two are often contrasted directly.

当とう日じつN3
当時 means 'at that (past) time', while 当日 means 'on the day in question' (e.g. the day of an event), and learners often mix up the two 当- words.
湯とう治じ
当時 (とうじ, 'at that time') and 湯治 (とうじ, 'hot-spring cure') are exact homophones with completely unrelated meanings, distinguishable only by kanji and context.

Compound of 当 (tō, 'the present; this') + 時 (ji, 'time'). The meaning shifted from 'at this time' to 'at that time' in modern usage.