時じ代だいの弊へい

noun

abuses of the times; evils of the age

Refers to social ills, corrupt practices, or systemic problems characteristic of a particular era. Often used in critical or historical commentary.

• 彼かれの小しょう説せつは時じ代だいの弊へいを鋭するどく描えがいている。

  His novel sharply depicts the abuses of the times.

• 改かい革かく派はは時じ代だいの弊へいを正ただそうと努ど力りょくした。

  The reformers strove to correct the evils of the age.