戦国時代(せんごくじだい)

せんごくじだい
noun
Warring States period (Japanese history, c. 1467–1615)
time-period
1. Warring States period; Sengoku period
A turbulent era of Japanese history roughly spanning from the Onin War (1467) to the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate (1615), characterized by constant civil war, social upheaval, and the rise of powerful regional warlords.
戦国時代(せんごくじだい)の武将(ぶしょう)に興味(きょうみ)がある。
I'm interested in warlords of the Warring States period.
戦国時代(せんごくじだい)を舞台(ぶたい)にしたドラマは人気(にんき)がある。
Dramas set in the Warring States period are popular.
戦国時代(せんごくじだい)には各地(かくち)の大名(だいみょう)が天下(てんか)統一(とういつ)を目指(めざ)して争(あらそ)った。
During the Warring States period, regional lords across the country fought each other to unify the nation.

Composed of 戦国(せんごく) (warring states) + 時代(じだい) (era, period). The three great unifiers of this era are 織田信長(おだのぶなが), 豊臣秀吉(とよとみひでよし), and 徳川家康(とくがわいえやす). This period is enormously popular in Japanese culture — it is the setting for countless NHK 大河(たいが)ドラマ (historical dramas), video games, anime, and manga. Common collocations: 戦国時代(せんごくじだい)の武将(ぶしょう) (Sengoku warlord), 戦国時代(せんごくじだい)好(ず)き (Sengoku history enthusiast). Note: China also has a 戦国時代(せんごくじだい) (475–221 BC), so context determines which is meant, though the Japanese period is assumed in most Japanese contexts.

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Related: 江戸時代(えどじだい) (Edo period (1603–1868))
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