だい
Meanings
Noun
1. period; epoch; era; age
2. the times; those days
3. oldness; ancientness; antiquity
4. antique; period piece
Kanji used
time
substitute
Pitch accent
だい
Top 900
Composed of
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
Used in vocabulary (123 in total)
Examples (56 in total)
The wrong time, the wrong place.
We were roommates in college.
He was really a child of his times.
The revolution ushered in a new era.
His policy was in advance of his times.
We live in the age of technology.
Einstein was far in advance of his time.
We live in the atomic age.
I remember my school days very well.
The time when such things could happen is past.
The time may come when we will have no war.
Which period of history are you studying?
He was encouraged by a professor from his college days.
That castle was built in ancient times.
I usually went to bed at ten in my school days.
Last year was a period of economic uncertainty.
In times of crisis one should never idealise the past.
The invention of the transistor introduced a new era.
He regrets having neglected his studies in his school days.
He was very happy during his school days.
Prepare yourself for the day when robots are at your side.
I bought a new computer to keep up with the times.
There was a time when kings and queens reigned over the world.
Tom and Mary have been friends since elementary school.
Have you been in contact with one of your old school friends recently?
The agonies of the machine age do not originate from the machines as such.
Art was in its golden age in Venice during the Renaissance.
This photograph reminds me of enjoyable times when I was a child.
We should read the newspaper so as not to lag behind the times.
His ideas were far in advance of the age in which he lived.
This song reminds me of my junior high school days.
The actors appeared in historical costumes.
Kendo is an ancient Japanese martial art that dates back to the time of the samurai warriors.
Politicians are always telling us that better times are just around the corner.
Mozart was greater than any other composer of his time.
In the days of the ancient Incas, it was the largest city in America.
We all know that Mendel was way ahead of his time.
This song always makes me think of my good old days.
Born in better times, he would have become famous.
I read books and magazines to keep up with the times.
He lived in the days when air travel was considered dangerous.
Some people seemed to think the good times were going to last forever.
Her story reminded me of the good old days.
I had to write a paper on the Space Age last weekend.
In his autobiography, he repeatedly refers to his unhappy school days.
The museum has a fascinating collection of Celtic artifacts.
She was superstitious, as the people of that period usually were.
It is by reading newspapers and books that we can keep up with the time.
The old teacher began to talk about the good old days.
I would often take part in an English speech contest in my school days.
The nineteenth century was the age of the white man's civilization.
His ideas were in advance of his times.
The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.
In his opinion, the time will come soon when people will suffer from a water shortage.
No country on earth is safe in this nuclear age.
Looking back on our college days, it seems as if they were a century ago.