時じ代だい背はい景けい

noun

historical background; historical context

Refers to the social, cultural, and historical circumstances surrounding an event, work, or period.

• この小しょう説せつを理り解かいするには、当とう時じの時じ代だい背はい景けいを知しる必ひつ要ようがある。

  To understand this novel, you need to know the historical background of that time.

• 映えい画がの時じ代だい背はい景けいは江え戸ど時じ代だいだ。

  The historical setting of the movie is the Edo period.