貞じょう治じ

noun

Jōji era; Teiji era

A Japanese era name (年号) of the Northern Court during the Nanboku-chō period, lasting from 1362 to 1368. The reading じょうじ is standard; ていじ is a rare alternate reading.

• 貞じょう治じの時じ代だいには、南なん北ぼく朝ちょうの争あらそいが続つづいていた。

  During the Jōji era, the conflict between the Northern and Southern Courts continued.

• この文ぶん書しょは貞じょう治じ二に年ねんのものである。

  This document is from the second year of the Jōji era.