Illustration: Outside a newly built railway station in a Meiji city, a steam locomotive waits beyond the platform railing. A man in a Western-style suit and bowler hat helps his kimono-clad mother step down from a rickshaw.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

明めい治じ

meiji

Meiji era

Example sentences

私わたしたちの学校がっこうは明治めいじ２０年ねんに開校かいこうした。
Our school was founded in the 20th year of Meiji.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
家名かめいを嵯峨さがと改姓かいせいしたのは明治めいじ３年ねんでした。
It was the third year of Meiji when their family name was changed to Saga.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
明治めいじの政治家せいじかである。
He was a statesman in the Meiji period.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 明治

明bright; lightOnメイ・ミョウ・ミンKunあかり・あかるい・あかるむ
治reign; be at peaceOnジ・チKunおさめる・おさまる・なおる

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