What does 時代 mean?
時代 is a Japanese noun meaning “era, period” in English. It can also be translated as “the times, oldness, antique” depending on context. It is written as 時代 in kanji, じだい in hiragana, and jidai in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N4 vocabulary.
Example sentence
今や時代との競争になった。
It was now a race against time.