Chinese

Noun

年代

1. age; era; period
2. years; time
3. a decade of a century

Derived terms

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ねんだい [nèńdáí] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [nẽ̞nda̠i]

Noun

年代 ‎(hiragana ねんだい, romaji nendai)

1. age, era, period
   • 1912, 島崎藤村, 北村透谷の短き一生:

     明治 (めいじ)年代 (ねんだい)に記憶 (きおく)すべき、大 (おお)きな出来事 (できごと)の一 (ひと)つは、士族 (しぞく)の階級 (かいきゅう)の滅亡 (めつぼう)である。

     Meiji nendai ni kioku subeki, ōkina dekigoto no hitotsu wa, shizoku no kaikyū no metsubō de aru.

     If there's one event that one must remember about the Meiji era, it's the downfall of the samurai class.

2. date
   • 1924, 宮本百合子, 蠹魚:

     この本 (ほん)の印刷 (いんさつ)された年代 (ねんだい)で見 (み)ると、祖父 (そふ)は三十前後 (さんじゅうぜんご)の壮年 (そうねん)で、末弟 (ばってい)が十七八 (じゅうななはち)であったらしい。

     Kono hon no insatsu sareta nendai de miru to, sofu wa san jū zengo no sōnen de, battei ga jū nana hachi de atta rashii.

     Looking at the date when this book was printed, it seems that my grandfather was around 30 and in the prime of his life, and his younger brother was 17 or 18.

3. a decade in a century

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Noun

年代 • ‎(nyeondae) ‎(hangeul 년대)

1. Hanja form^? of 년대, “period of years such as a decade or century”.

Vietnamese

Noun

年代

1. Hán tự form of niên đại, “era; period; years; time”