Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 古代(こだい) in Japanese

古代
JLPT 1
Kana Reading
こだい
Romaji
kodai
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
    Meaning
    ancient times
    Example sentence
    古代オーバーテクノロジー武器必ず制御できなくなる Super technology weapons from the ancients always end up out of control.

Examples of 古代, こだい in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 5

5 strokes

old

On'Yomi: コ

Kun'Yomi: ふる.い, ふる-, -ふる.す

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JLPT 4

5 strokes

substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

On'Yomi: ダイ, タイ

Kun'Yomi: か.わる, かわ.る, かわ.り, か.わり, -がわ.り, -が.わり, か.える, よ, しろ

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