Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
historical play; period drama
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
trend of the times; way things are going
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
Muromachi period (1336-1573)
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
(one's) youth; one's younger days
Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE)
Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate)
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
the good old days; halcyon days
antique; historical object; pre-Meiji period drama; period piece
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
old-fashioned; antiquated; anachronistic
old-fashioned; antiquated; anachronistic
feudal era; feudal times; feudal period; feudal age; age of feudalism
Nanbokuchō period (of Japan; 1336-1392); period of the Northern and Southern courts; period of the Northern and Southern dynasties (of China; 5th-6th centuries CE)
Kofun period (of Japanese history, 250-538 CE); Tumulus period
prehistoric era; prehistoric times; prehistory
Tenpyō period (esp. used as a period of art history, 710-794 CE)
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
background research; research into the period
Three Kingdoms period (of Chinese history, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms period (of Korean history, 57 BCE-668 CE)
Paleolithic; Palaeolithic; Old Stone Age
Shōwa period (1926-1989); Showa period
dark age; hard times; winter years
bubble era (of Japan; 1986-1991)
the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
Genroku period (1688-1704); Genroku era
Gempei period (late 11th century-late 12th century CE)
spirit of the age; zeitgeist
Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600)
Spring and Autumn period (of Chinese history; approx. 770-403 BCE); Chunqiu period; Ch'unch'iu period
Heisei period (January 8, 1989-April 30, 2019)
the shogunate period; the days of the shogunate regime
Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on October 22); Jidai Festival
feudal period (characterized by the rule of the shogunate, 1185-1867); age of militarist government
division of history into periods; periodization (in history)
phases of the age (times)
historical times; historical period
sensitivity to the times; sense of the times
Tanuma period (1767-1786)
geological age; geological era
Hakuhō period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 645-710 CE)
Keien period (between the end of the Russo-Japanese War and the Taisho Political Crisis, approx. 1905-1912)
Jōgan period (of art history; 859-877 CE)
characteristics of an age
one's dark days; the period during which one suffered misfortune and obscurity
honeymoon period (e.g. between two countries)
historical times; historical period
not up with the times; out of touch
Higashiyama period (cultural and artistic period of the mid-Muromachi)
Rashidun period (period of the Rightly Guided Caliphs; 632-661 CE)
Great Interregnum (period of the Holy Roman Empire; approx. 1254-1273)
Ritsuryō period (mid 7th-10th centuries CE)
Yamato period (300-550 CE)
era in which university places outnumber university applicants; era of declining enrollment
current era of excessive eating; era in which there is more than enough food; age of plenty; age of plentiful food
Ōgosho period (between the Kansei Reforms and the Tempo Reforms, approx. 1787-1843)
age of information; information age
Bunka-Bunsei period (approx. 1804-1830)
period of Japanese colonial rule (of Korea; 1910-1945)
era during the 1950s dominated by grand champions Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I
era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana
era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi
era during mid-1970s dominated by grand champions Wajima and Kitanoumi
era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II
era during 1960s dominated by grand champions Taiho and Kashiwado
era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II
protohistory (the period between prehistory and history)
Amarna period (of Egyptian history)
Metal Age (i.e. the Bronze Age and the Iron Age)
active career; one's working life; the years before one retired; playing days