How to say period in Japanese

じだいjidai

temporal noun / noun:

  • period; epoch; era; age
  • the times; those days
  • oldness; ancientness; antiquity
  • antique; period piece - abbreviation 時代物

Example Sentences

yaku1年半deyaku22億tsuuno迷惑meiwakuメールMEERUwo送りokuriましmashita
I sent about 2.2 billion spam emails over a period of around one and a half years.
江戸時代edojidaiにはniha観月mizukinoutagegaとてもtotemo人気ninkiだったdatta
In the Edo period, moon-viewing parties were very popular.
imano太陽taiyouno活動katsudouha低調teichouですdesugaそれでもsoredemo時々tokidoki大きなookina黒点kokutenga現れますarawaremasu
The sun is currently in a period of low activity but even so large sunspots occasionally appear.
免許証menkyoshouno有効期間yuukoukikanga切れてkireteしまったshimatta場合baaiha次のtsugino方法houhoude新たなaratana免許証menkyoshouno交付koufuwo受けるukeruことができるkotogadekiru
If your licence exceeds its validity period then you can be issued with a new licence in the following way.
bunwo書くkakuときtokiにはnihaふつうfutsuu大文字daimonjide始めhajimeピリオドPIRIODO(.)、またはmataha感嘆符kantanfu(!)、疑問符gimonfu(?)、de終わるowaru
When writing a sentence, generally you start with a capital letter and finish with a period (.), an exclamation mark (!), or a question mark (?).

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