► 名詞
時代 [じだい] meaning: time rank: 1
☆ その本は彼女の少女時代についてだ ⇨ The book is about when she was a young girl
☆ もうそういう時代ではない ⇨ It is no longer those times. Those days are gone
☆ 今は全てコンピューターの時代だ ⇨ Today everything is in the age of computers
☆ 大航海時代 ⇨ The age of (seafaring) discovery
☆ 彼は時代に先んじていた ⇨ He was ahead of the times
☆ 時代に取り残されたような街 ⇨ A town that looks like left behind the time
☆ 時代は変わって、もうそういうことは許されない ⇨ The time has changed and those things are no longer tolerated
More examples:
- 時代遅れの規制が経済発展の足枷になっている ⇨ The outdated regulations are shackling the development of economy
- 時代の寵児 ⇨ The star, poster child, of the time
- 彼等の青春時代は戦争で破壊された ⇨ Their days of youth were destroyed by the war
- 彼等の事業は時代の波に乗って大成功した ⇨ Their business ride the wave of the times, took advantage of the trend, and became a big success
- 彼は時代の波に乗り遅れた ⇨ He was late to catch the tide of the times
- 同性愛は罪などと未だに言っている時代錯誤の人達 ⇨ The anachronistic people who are still saying homesexuality is a sin
- 新時代を担う若者達 ⇨ The young people who carry the new era on their backs
- 時代は移る ⇨ Times change
- 時代の移り変わり ⇨ The change of times
- 時代の変遷 ⇨ Change of times over the years
- 新時代の到来を告げる ⇨
- 青春時代の追憶 ⇨ The memories of younger days
- 彼は悲惨な子供時代を送った ⇨ He spent a horrible childhood
- 彼等は時代の波に乗り遅れた ⇨ They have failed to ride the wave of the times, keep abreast with the times
- この寺は鎌倉時代に建立された ⇨ The temple was built in Kamakura era