き
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. period; time
It will become even more difficult when the exam period arrives, so now is the time.
Noun
2. opportunity; chance; occasion
Taking the opportunity of his stepping back one step, I headed for the door.
Noun
Suffix
Geolegy
3. age
Suffix
4. term (e.g. in office)
He was elected chairman three terms in a row.
5. session (e.g. of parliament)
6. stage (e.g. of a disease)
This disease is divided into three stages.
7. season (e.g. of a TV series)
The third season of this anime starts next year.
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
き
Used in vocabulary (190 in total)
second half of the (fiscal) year
expectation; anticipation; forecast
expiration (of a term); maturity (e.g. investment); serving one's (full) time
Examples (12 in total)
It is now the period of postwar chaos.
The economy has entered a recession.
This disease is divided into three stages.
He served three terms as mayor.
Over the weekend I rewatched the whole thing from season one.
The plays of Shakespeare fall into four periods.
This is a work from Turner's mature period.
He was elected chairman three terms in a row.
The third season of this anime starts next year.
Taking the opportunity of his stepping back one step, I headed for the door.
It will become even more difficult when the exam period arrives, so now is the time.
Although it was a period of turmoil, the church's influence was still immense at the time.