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单词 Meiji
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Definition of Meiji in English:

Meiji

noun ˈmeɪdʒiˈmājē
  • usually as modifier The period when Japan was ruled by the emperor Meiji Tenno, marked by the modernization and westernization of the country.

    elaborately decorated Meiji earthenware
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He also has the finest collection of Meiji art outside Japan, as well as Spanish damascene metalwork and Swedish textiles.
    • Tattooing criminals was continued until 1870, when it was abolished by the new Meiji government of the Japanese Emperor.
    • The Meiji period began with the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and the restoration of the emperor as the real power.
    • It led to the so-called Meiji reforms, of the 1870s, in Japan.
    • The art of woodblock printing in the Meiji period is marked by the industrialization and swift westernization which Japan underwent in this era.
    • On his visit to Japan he took gifts for the Meiji emperor, including some artifacts of his own design.
    • He looked like an actor from a Meiji period movie.
    • These Japanese had been displaced from their homes by the ending of the Tokugawa shogunate and the restoration of the Meiji emperor.
    • The pieces, which span the Edo to Meiji periods, were collected by two Swiss sisters who devoted their lives to travelling the world in search of Japanese art and design.
    • To explain this about-face in Japanese attitudes toward wolves, we need to return one last time to the issue of Japan's vision of modernity in the early Meiji years.
    • Even after the Meiji rulers imposed military rule in the 1930s, belief in democracy endured for many Japanese.
    • It was an appeal of the artist to his countrymen not to give up their traditional values in exchange for the Western modernization that had begun in the Meiji period.
    • The Meiji regime reconnected imperial rule with civil political authority and military power.
    • The next upswing for book publishing came with the Meiji era, during which Japan opened itself towards the West.
    • It marked the official end of the Tokugawa rule and the beginning of the Meiji era, named after the name which the young emperor had chosen.
    • The Meiji land tax made possible Japan's transformation into a modern capitalist power, but, as we have seen, only at great cost in human welfare.
    • The 1868 Meiji restoration in Japan kickstarted the transformation of a feudal backwater into a textbook example of modernity almost overnight.
    • By the 1890s, the fruits of the Meiji government's modernizing policies had begun to appear.
    • The ensuing Meiji policy of modernization allowed Western ideas, institutions, and culture to infiltrate Japan.
    • The industrial revolution arrived in Japan with the new dawn of the Meiji period.

Origin

Japanese, literally 'enlightened government'.

 
 

Definition of Meiji in US English:

Meiji

nounˈmājē
  • usually as modifier The period when Japan was ruled by the emperor Meiji Tenno, marked by the modernization and westernization of the country.

    elaborately decorated Meiji earthenware
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It marked the official end of the Tokugawa rule and the beginning of the Meiji era, named after the name which the young emperor had chosen.
    • The art of woodblock printing in the Meiji period is marked by the industrialization and swift westernization which Japan underwent in this era.
    • Tattooing criminals was continued until 1870, when it was abolished by the new Meiji government of the Japanese Emperor.
    • He also has the finest collection of Meiji art outside Japan, as well as Spanish damascene metalwork and Swedish textiles.
    • The pieces, which span the Edo to Meiji periods, were collected by two Swiss sisters who devoted their lives to travelling the world in search of Japanese art and design.
    • These Japanese had been displaced from their homes by the ending of the Tokugawa shogunate and the restoration of the Meiji emperor.
    • The Meiji period began with the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and the restoration of the emperor as the real power.
    • The industrial revolution arrived in Japan with the new dawn of the Meiji period.
    • The Meiji land tax made possible Japan's transformation into a modern capitalist power, but, as we have seen, only at great cost in human welfare.
    • It led to the so-called Meiji reforms, of the 1870s, in Japan.
    • He looked like an actor from a Meiji period movie.
    • The 1868 Meiji restoration in Japan kickstarted the transformation of a feudal backwater into a textbook example of modernity almost overnight.
    • The Meiji regime reconnected imperial rule with civil political authority and military power.
    • To explain this about-face in Japanese attitudes toward wolves, we need to return one last time to the issue of Japan's vision of modernity in the early Meiji years.
    • It was an appeal of the artist to his countrymen not to give up their traditional values in exchange for the Western modernization that had begun in the Meiji period.
    • On his visit to Japan he took gifts for the Meiji emperor, including some artifacts of his own design.
    • The next upswing for book publishing came with the Meiji era, during which Japan opened itself towards the West.
    • Even after the Meiji rulers imposed military rule in the 1930s, belief in democracy endured for many Japanese.
    • The ensuing Meiji policy of modernization allowed Western ideas, institutions, and culture to infiltrate Japan.
    • By the 1890s, the fruits of the Meiji government's modernizing policies had begun to appear.

Origin

Japanese, literally ‘enlightened government’.

 
 
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