古代

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Adjectival noun [edit]

古代 (な-na inflection, hiragana こだい, romaji kodai)

  1. (archaic) antique, old-fashioned
  2. (colloquial) ancient

Noun [edit]

古代 (hiragana こだい, romaji kodai)

  1. ancient times, antiquity, remote ages

Derived terms [edit]


Mandarin [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Etymology [edit]

From ("antiquity, ancient") and ("period, generation").

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

古代 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin gǔdài)

  1. antiquity