Word Meaning 明治

めいじ meiji

明治 is read as めいじ (meiji) and means Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30).

Meaning

English

  1. Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

Reading

Kana

めいじ

Romaji

meiji

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 1641 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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明治大学

めいじだいがく

Meiji University

明治時代

めいじじだい

Meiji period (1868-1912)

明治二十七八年戦役

めいじにじゅうしちはちねんせんえき

Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)

明治学院大学

めいじがくいんだいがく

Meiji Gakuin University

明治期

めいじき

Meiji period (1868-1912)

明治十四年の政変

めいじじゅうよねんのせいへん

ousting of vice-minister Ōkuma Shigenobu and his supporters from the Meiji government (1881)

明治節

めいじせつ

Emperor Meiji's birthday (November 3; national holiday held from 1927 to 1948)

明治安田生命保険

めいじやすだせいめいほけん

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance

明治憲法

めいじけんぽう

Meiji Constitution

明治神宮

めいじじんぐう

Meiji Shrine

明治維新

めいじいしん

Meiji Restoration (1868)

明治天皇

めいじてんのう

Emperor Meiji (1852-1912, reigned 1867-1912)

Example Sentences

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The law was enacted in the Meiji era.

Our school was founded in the 20th year of Meiji.

Meiji was beaten by Keio by a score of three to five.

It was the third year of Meiji when their family name was changed to Saga.

I think there are probably few Japanese who know this side of the Emperor Meiji, the side that left a song like this.

I've always thought that rickshaws and sukiyaki were the most successful amongst the products made from what was imported from the West during the Meiji period.

Kamui no Ken was a sort of samurai/ninja story set during the transition of the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the re-establishment of Japan under the Emperor Meiji in 1868.