明めい治じ時じ代だい

noun

Meiji period (1868-1912)

Historical term referring to the reign of Emperor Meiji, a period of rapid modernization and Westernization 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。

  During the Meiji period, Japan modernized rapidly.

• この建たて物ものは明めい治じ時じ代だいに建たてられた。

  This building was constructed in the Meiji period.