Word Meaning 戦国時代

せんごくじだい sengokujidai

戦国時代 is read as せんごくじだい (sengokujidai) and means Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE).

Meaning

English

  1. Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE)
  2. era of vicious competition
  3. Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568)
  4. Sengoku period

Reading

Kana

せんごくじだい

Romaji

sengokujidai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 42330 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

戦時

せんじ

wartime

戦国

せんごく

Warring States period (Japan, China)

大学全入時代

だいがくぜんにゅうじだい

era in which university places outnumber university applicants

大和時代

やまとじだい

Yamato period (300-550 CE)

戦時共産主義

せんじきょうさんしゅぎ

war communism (Russia, 1918-1921)

戦時内閣

せんじないかく

war cabinet

戦時保険

せんじほけん

war-risk insurance

戦時公債

せんじこうさい

war loan

戦国七雄

せんごくしちゆう

Seven Warring States (of China)

戦争挑戦国

せんそうちょうせんくに

warmonger

戦時編制

せんじへんせい

war organization

時代

じだい

antique

Example Sentences

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In China too glass is being excavated out of graves from the Era of Warring States.

Nagaragawa Onsen’s “Nobunaga Hospitality Meal” is a modern style adaptation of a Sengoku period hospitality meal (Honzen-ryōri).