Illustration: On an urban Japanese street in the early 1920s, a young woman wearing a kimono, hakama, and lace-up boots steps onto an electric streetcar. A conductor steadies the boarding rail while a businessman in a Western suit and felt hat waits behind her.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

大たい正しょう

taishou

Taishō era

This Japanese era lasted from 1912 to 1926. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 大正たいしょう年間ねんかんに現在地げんざいちに移築いちくされた。

    It was relocated to its current site during the Taisho era.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 大正たいしょうロマンを代表だいひょうする画家がかである。

    As a painter, he was representative of the Taisho Roman style.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 大正たいしょう14年ねん、現社殿げんしゃでんが完成かんせいしている。

    The current shrine building was completed in 1925.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 大正

  • 大large; bigOnダイ・タイKunおお-・おおきい
  • 正correct; justiceOnセイ・ショウKunただしい・ただす・まさ

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