Word Meaning 神武以来

じんむいらい jimmuirai

神武以来 is read as じんむいらい (jimmuirai) and means since the era of the Emperor Jimmu.

Meaning

English

since the era of the Emperor Jimmu
(first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history
unprecedented

Reading

Kana

じんむいらい

Romaji

jimmuirai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Rank 57398 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

神武景気

じんむけいき

Jimmu Boom (economic boom of the mid-1950s)

神武

じんむ

Emperor Jimmu

有史以来

ゆうしいらい

since the dawn of history

神武天皇祭

じんむてんのうさい

Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3, the supposed day of his death)

神武東征

じんむとうせい

Emperor Jimmu's eastern expedition (starting in Hyuga in 607 BCE, ending with the unification of Yamato)

以来

いらい

since

その時以来

そのときいらい

since that time

一別以来

いちべついらい

since our last meeting

あれ以来

あれいらい

since then

それ以来

それいらい

since then

物心ついて以来

ものごころついていらい

for as long as one can remember

開闢以来

かいびゃくいらい

since the beginning of the world