► 名詞
当時 [(1)とうじ] meaning: then rank: 2
☆ その当時はそれが普通だった ⇨ That was normal at that time, back then
☆ 当時の人達の考え方は今とは全く違う ⇨ The way people at the time think is completely different from now
☆ 当時の技術ではそれは不可能だった ⇨ It was impossible with the technology at the time
☆ 当時はそれが当たり前だった ⇨ That was normal at that time
More examples:
- 当時の日本の人口は一千万人程度だったと推定されている ⇨ The population of Japan at the time is estimated to be around 1 million
- 当時我々には市場進出の好材料が揃っていた (こうざいりょう) ⇨ At the time, there were a lot of favorable circumstances to enter the market for us
- 当時のことを思い起こそうとしても出来ない ⇨ I try to remember the things then but I can’t
- そこまで行くには相当時間が掛かる ⇨ It will take a long time to get there
- 彼は当時新進の政治家として脚光を浴びた ⇨ At the time he was in the limelight as a new-wave politician
- 彼には当時の面影は無い ⇨ He doesn’t look like he used to then. He looks totally different now
- 彼の発見によって当時の定説は覆された ⇨ His discovery disproved the established theory at the time
- 当時の世俗的習慣 ⇨ A common practice at the time
- 当時の建築は一つとして残っていない ⇨ Not even one of the architectures from that era has survived
- 当時この街には多くの外国人が居留していた ⇨ Many foreigners lived in the town at the time
- 彼は当時日本一の賢者と讃えられた ⇨ He received acclaim as the wisest man in Japan at the time
- これは当時の建築の典型だ ⇨ This is a typical architecture of that era
- この分だと相当時間がかかりそうだ ⇨ At this rate it is going to take a long time
- 当時世間を騒がせた本 ⇨ A book that shocked the society at the time
- 彼女は当時未だ駆け出しのレポーターだった ⇨ At the time she was still a rookie reporter