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平時 へいじ

  1. peacetime; time of peace
  2. normal times; ordinary times

平時編制 へいじへんせい

  1. peace footing; peace organization

源平時代 げんぺいじだい

  1. Gempei period (late 11th century-late 12th century CE)

天平時代 てんぴょうじだい

  1. Tenpyō period (esp. used as a period of art history, 710-794 CE)

当て字 あてじ N1

  1. ateji; kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character
  2. kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading
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