明めい治じ
Meanings
Noun
Historical
1. Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Thus, the greatest crisis of Meiji Japan passed.
Kanji used
bright
rein in
Pitch accent
め
いじ
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Used in vocabulary (18 in total)
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Meiji Restoration (1868)
Emperor Meiji (1852-1912, reigned 1867-1912); Emperor Mutsuhito
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Meiji Constitution; Constitution of the Empire of Japan
ousting of vice-minister Ōkuma Shigenobu and his supporters from the Meiji government (1881)
Emperor Meiji's birthday (November 3; national holiday held from 1927 to 1948)
poor swing; hanging back during the swing; (lit.) Meiji-era cannon
Meiji Pharmaceutical University
Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)
Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)
Examples (5 in total)
I saw a play at the Meijiza theater.
That was in the twenty-eighth year of the Meiji era.
The setting of the story is Japan in the late Meiji period.