黄おう金ごん時じ代だい

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Meanings

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yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

Refers to a period of great prosperity, achievement, or cultural flourishing. Often used for historical eras, artistic peaks, or personal best years.

ルネサンスは芸げい術じゅつの黄おう金ごん時じ代だいと呼よばれている。
The Renaissance is called a golden age of art.
彼かれは30代だいが仕し事ごとの黄おう金ごん時じ代だいだったと振ふり返かえった。
He reflected that his thirties were the golden age of his career.

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Usage patterns

黄おう金ごん時じ代だいを迎むかえるto enter a golden age
この国くにはその後ご、経けい済ざい的てきな黄おう金ごん時じ代だいを迎むかえた。
The country subsequently entered an economic golden age.
黄おう金ごん時じ代だいを築きずくto build/establish a golden age
彼かれらはロックンロールの黄おう金ごん時じ代だいを築きずいた。
They built the golden age of rock and roll.
黄おう金ごん時じ代だいが終おわるfor a golden age to come to an end
その映えい画が会社がいしゃの黄おう金ごん時じ代だいは1970年ねん代だいに終おわった。
The golden age of that film studio ended in the 1970s.

Kanji

黄yellow
金gold
時time, hour
代substitute, change, convert

Related words

全ぜん盛せい期き
全盛期 usually describes the peak years of a specific person, team, or thing, while 黄金時代 refers to a broader golden era, often historical or cultural.
最さい盛せい期き
最盛期 is a more formal, often seasonal or industry-related term for a peak period, whereas 黄金時代 evokes a lasting era of prosperity or greatness.

Opposites

暗あん黒こく時じ代だい
暗黒時代 (dark ages) describes a period of decline or stagnation, the direct opposite of the flourishing 黄金時代.

Built from

黄おう金ごん+時じ代だい

Etymology

Compound of 黄金 (おうごん, 'gold') and 時代 (じだい, 'era, period'). The term is a direct calque of the English 'golden age' or similar Western concept, but is now a naturalized Japanese yojijukugo.