期
き
Meanings
- Noun, Noun suffix period; time
- Noun opportunity; chance; occasion
- Noun, Noun suffix age
- Noun suffix term (e.g. in office)
- session (e.g. of parliament)
- stage (e.g. of a disease)
- season (e.g. of a TV series)
Kanji
- 期 period. Read as キ.
Example sentences
- 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. - あの人と巡り会えたのは、一期一会なのでしょうか。
Our meeting like that is probably the kind of thing that only happens once. - 経済は景気後退期に入った。
The economy has entered a recession. - 成長期で、元気のない子供は医者に手当してもらう必要があろう。
A growing child who doesn't seem to have much energy perhaps needs medical attention. - ２〜３歳の時のイヤイヤ期は、子どもが自立する上で通らなければならない段階なんです。
The terrible two's is a stage that children between ages two and three must pass in order to become independent.
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