だい
Meanings
Noun
1. 時代区分のひとつ。主に文明社会において、史料が確認できるようになった時期から、概ね封建的階層社会が形成されるまでを指す。
2. 大昔。
Kanji used
old
substitute
Pitch accent
だい
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Used in vocabulary (19 in total)
ancient civilization; ancient civilisation
ancient Japanese (as spoken in Japan until the Middle Ages)
① 古代を生きた人物、又は、単に古い時代の人。
ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet
ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet
ancient history
classical antiquity
ancient Greek (language)
ancient Greek (language)
Ancient Egyptian (language)
Examples (20 in total)
This is an ancient law.
The pyramids were built in ancient times.
I wish I could see the ancient world.