Japanese symbol for “anachronistic”

大時代

おおじだい

Romaji: oojidai

old-fashioned; antiquated; anachronistic

In Japanese, anachronistic is 大時代, read おおじだい (oojidai).

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Meanings

adj-na, n old-fashioned; antiquated; anachronistic

Written forms: 大時代. Readings: おおじだい、だいじだい.

Kanji and stroke order

大

large, big

on: ダイ、タイ
kun: おお-、おお.きい、-おお.いに

3 strokes · JLPT 4

時

time, hour

on: ジ
kun: とき、-どき

10 strokes · JLPT 4

代

substitute, change, convert

on: ダイ、タイ
kun: か.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り、か.わり

5 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
大丈夫	だいじょうぶ daijoubu	safe; secure; sound
大変	たいへん taihen	very; greatly; terribly
大学	だいがく daigaku	university; college
最大	さいだい saidai	biggest; greatest; largest
大会	たいかい taikai	mass meeting; convention; rally
大統領	だいとうりょう daitouryou	president (of a country)
時間	じかん jikan	time
時代	じだい jidai	period; epoch; era
代表	だいひょう daihyou	representation; representative; delegate

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.