明治(めいじ)時代(じだい)

めいじじだい
noun
Meiji period; Meiji era (1868–1912)
1. Meiji period; Meiji era (1868–1912)
The historical period of Emperor Meiji's reign, 1868–1912, when Japan rapidly modernized and Westernized after the end of the feudal Edo period.
明治(めいじ)時代(じだい)に生(う)まれた作家(さっか)。
a writer born in the Meiji period.
日本(にほん)は明治(めいじ)時代(じだい)に大(おお)きく近代化(きんだいか)した。
Japan modernized greatly during the Meiji period.
明治(めいじ)時代(じだい)には、西洋(せいよう)の文化(ぶんか)や技術(ぎじゅつ)が次々(つぎつぎ)と取(と)り入(い)れられた。
During the Meiji period, Western culture and technology were adopted one after another.

Compound of 明治(めいじ) (the era name) + 時代(じだい) (period, era). Refers to 1868–1912, when Japan transformed from a feudal society into a modern industrial nation-state.

KEY ASSOCIATIONS:

  • 明治維新(めいじいしん): the Meiji Restoration (1868)
  • 文明開化(ぶんめいかいか): the 'civilization and enlightenment' of rapid Westernization

RELATED PERIODS:

  • 江戸(えど)時代(じだい): Edo period — the preceding feudal era
  • 大正(たいしょう)時代(じだい): Taisho period — the era that followed (1912–1926)
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