時じ代だい

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Meanings

Refers to a historical period, era, or age, often named (e.g., 江戸時代, 明治時代).

Related words· 11

年ねん代だいN3sense 1
年代 refers to a specific decade or chronological date range, while 時代 refers to a broader historical period or era defined by its character.
時じ世せい sense 2
時世 is a somewhat literary word for 'the times' or 'the age', while 時代 is the everyday, more versatile term for the same idea.
新しん時じ代だいN2
時代 is the general word for 'era' or 'period', while 新時代 specifically emphasizes that the era is new or just beginning.
ピリオドN1
時代 is the everyday, native word for a historical era or period, while ピリオド is a more formal or literary loanword used the same way.

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世せい紀きN3
時代 means an age or period in a broad sense, while 世紀 specifically implies a hundred-year unit like 19世紀.
世せ代だいN2
時代 refers to a historical period or era, while 世代 focuses on a cohort of people and the span of a human generation.
世よN1
時代 is the ordinary modern word for an era or period, while 世 conveys the same idea but sounds more literary or rhetorical.
エポック
時代 is the everyday Japanese word for an era or period, while エポック is a technical loanword reserved for historical, scientific, or computing contexts.

Don't confuse with

時じ期きN3sense 2
時期 points to a specific point or phase in time (often about timing or season), whereas 時代 describes the overall character or feel of an era, so they aren't interchangeable despite both meaning 'time'.
次じ代だい
時代 and 次代 are homophones both read じだい, but 時代 means 'era/period' in general while 次代 means specifically the next era or generation.