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
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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
stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut
fishing season
growth period; growing season
rebellious phase; rebellious age
transition period
a period (of time)
mating season; estrus (oestrus); estrum; the rut
end of term
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance
second term; second stage
half-term; half-time; half period
eclipse period (in viral lifecycle); eclipse phase; dark age
every term
transition, cutover period
following accounting period; next term
post-term delivery; postmature delivery
time; season; period; phase; stage
period; term; interval
next term; next period; next version; next release
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
long-term
(early) childhood
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; one-year period
fixed date; appointed date; set date; deadline; due date
heyday; golden age
cycle; period
short-term
the present term; the present session
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
term of office
middle period; medium-term
irregular (schedule, service, etc.); indeterminate (length of time); staggered (payments)
period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual
period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual
golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
prison term
marriageable age; chance of marriage
two periods; two terms
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
next term
dawn (of a new era, civilization, etc.); dawning
childhood; infancy
busy period; busy season
youth; adolescence
stable period; period of stability; stable stage of pregnancy (i.e. 12th week and onwards, when risk of miscarriage decreases)
harvest time
breeding season
peak period; pinnacle; prime; zenith; glory days
turning point; transition phase
early childhood
building time; construction period
indefinite; unlimited; life imprisonment
for the time to be ripe; for the moment to have come; for the situation to be ready for action
golden age; golden era
slack season for farmers; leisure season for farmers
busy farming season
period when one's voice changes; (age of) puberty
Meiji period (1868-1912)
quarter (of a year)
plateau (e.g. in weight loss); (period of) stagnation
prime of one's life; stage of maturity
period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII)
session (of a legislature)
dormant season
expected; anticipated; hoped for; expectation
cycle; period
convalescence
adolescence; youth
final stage; terminal stage
period of maturity; adolescence; puberty
spawning season; breeding season; laying period
the last stage
phase of decline; ebb; twilight
time of great change; era of reform
initial stages; first stage; early period; pioneer days; beginning; outset
accounting period
second half of the year; second half of the fiscal year
incubation period
millennium
off period; off season; slack season
terrible twos (developmental stage in toddlers)
initial stage; early period; early days; early years
interphase; interkinesis; midcycle
moulting season; molting season
definite (period or term)
coldest period
infancy; babyhood
half life
the last half-year; second half of the year
acute phase
hunting season
perinatal period
time of year when television and radio replace programs (usu. spring and fall)
mating season
the first half-year; first half of the year
ovulation phase
anthesis; flowering season
lactation period
one's full maturity
time of the creation; beginning of the world
infancy; in cradle
formative period (e.g. of nation); formative year
current term (period)
postpartum period; postnatal period; puerperal period; puerperium
adult period; adulthood
first half of the (fiscal) year
menopause; menopausal
weaning period
chronic phase
closed season for fishing or hunting
rainy season
growth period
ideal time
whole term; entire period
upturn; increment phase; rise period
dry season
new season (e.g. of TV programming); new term
interwar period (1918-1939)
unexpected; accidental
oral phase; oral stage
many periods
time of delivery (of a child)
diastole; expansion phase
whole financial year; full business year
downturn; decrement phase
menstrual period
hunting season
dry season; dry spell; dry period
period of economic growth
worst period of time
anal stage
lactation period
freezing or frost season
farming season
thawing season; spring thaw
phallic stage
luteal phase
(girl's arrival at) puberty
cycle (e.g. in business)
prodromal phase; prodrome
remission phase; period of remission
safe period
alluvial period
during a period; while
change of life; menopause
fishing season
rainy season
beginning of a term
sprouting season (of ears of grain)
molting season
staggered terms (applied to corporate directors as a defensive measure against hostile takeovers)
follicular phase; proliferative phase (of the estrous or menstrual cycle)
Chalcolithic; Copper Age
occupation period (e.g. post-WWII period during which the Allies occupied Japan)
refractory period
sleep onset REM period; SOREMP
thawing season; thaw; season when the ice melts
interphase death
at times of many visitors; busy times
leptotene
full-term birth; labor at term (labour); term delivery
epoch
(period of) postpartum rage; postpartum irritability
last period; previous period
same time (period)
earliest stage; very beginning; earliest phase; earliest days
post-term pregnancy
expulsion stage (of labour); expulsive stage
dilatation stage (of labour)
rain period; rainy season
adolescence; boyhood
puberty; period of secondary sex characteristics development
active phase (of an illness); duration of an episode
intake (esp. in a school, training program, etc.); cohort; batch; class
looking forward to; anticipating
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.