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)

Related Words

Related: 江戸時代(えどじだい) (Edo period)

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