時勢

じせい

Meanings

1. Noun (trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age

Kanji

• 時 time. Read as ジ.
• 勢 force. Read as セイ.

Example sentences

• 君の考えは時勢に先んじているね。
  Your ideas are ahead of the times.
• 私たちは時勢に遅れないようにしなければならない。
  We must keep up with the times.
• 我々は時勢に遅れずに付いて行かなければならない。
  We must keep up with the times.
• 最近では、多くの老人が時勢についていけない。
  Many old people these days can't keep up with the times.
• 時勢に遅れないように、なるべく多くの新聞を読みなさい。
  Read as many newspapers as you can so as to keep up with the times.

Words containing 時勢

• 時勢感覚 (じせいかんかく) sense of the trend of the times

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