当時

当時

See also: 當時 and 当时

Japanese

Kanji in this term
当	時
とう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 2
on’yomi	goon

Alternative spelling
當時 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) と​ーじ [tóꜜòjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːʑi]

Noun

当(とう)時(じ) • (tōji) ^{←たうじ (tauzi)?}

1. then, at that time

   当(とう)時(じ)は若(わか)くお金(かね)が必(ひつ)要(よう)でした。

   Tōji wa wakaku okane ga hitsuyō deshita.

   I was young and needed money at that time.

   • 1908, 夏(なつ)目(め)漱(そう)石(せき) [Natsume Sōseki], 坑(こう)夫(ふ) (Kōfu) [The Miner]‎:

     どうも当(とう)時(じ)の状(じょう)態(たい)を今(いま)からよく考(かんが)えてみるとよっぽどおかしい。

     Dōmo tōji no jōtai o ima kara yoku kangaete miru to yoppodo okashii.

     It seems awfully funny now when I think about the situation at that time.

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN