期

Meaning

1. nn-suf
   period; time
2. n
   opportunity; chance; occasion
3. nn-suf
   age
4. n-suf
   term (e.g. in office)
5. n-suf
   session (e.g. of parliament)
6. n-suf
   stage (e.g. of a disease)
7. n-suf
   season (e.g. of a TV series)
8. n
   time; moment; limit
9. n
   time of death; last moment
10. n archaic
    midnight in red-light districts during the Edo period

Example sentences

• 経済は景気後退期に入った。

  The economy has entered a recession.

• シェイクスピアの劇は四期に分かれる。

  The plays of Shakespeare fall into four periods.

• これはターナーの円熟期の作品です。

  This is a work from Turner's mature period.