jidai
★ Common
Noun
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substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
1. age; era
1. generation
1. thousand years
2. very long period; forever
1. price; cost
1. first generation; founder
1. previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family
2. predecessor
3. previous age; previous generation
1. present day; modern times
2. early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)