明めい治じ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

Meiji era (1868–1912)

historical term

Historical period name; refers to the reign of Emperor Meiji and the era of rapid modernization in Japan.

明めい治じ時じ代だいに日本にほんは急きゅう速そくに近きん代だい化かした。
Japan modernized rapidly during the Meiji period.
この建たて物ものは明めい治じ初しょ期きに建たてられた。
This building was built in the early Meiji era.

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Usage patterns

明めい治じになるfor the era to become/enter the Meiji period
1868年ねんに元げん号ごうが明めい治じになった。
In 1868 the era name changed to Meiji.
明めい治じ生うまれborn in the Meiji era
祖そ母ぼは明めい治じ生うまれです。
My grandmother was born in the Meiji era.

Expressions

明めい治じの大たい砲ほうpoor swing; hanging back during the swing
明めい治じ十じゅう四よ年ねんの政せい変へんMeiji 14 political upheaval; ousting of Ōkuma Shigenobu and his supporters (1881)