(n) Showa period (1926-1989 CE)
(n) Shokuho period (i.e. the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1568-1600 CE)
(n,vs) replacing the old with the new
the old giving way to the new
(n,vs) renewal
replacement
metabolism
(P)
(n) seven generations of (celestial) gods
(n) seven generations of (celestial) gods
(n) ancient Japanese characters (regarded today as created at a much more recent date)
(n) (one acting as a) foster parent
(n) ransom
(n) substitute (for)
sacrifice (of, to)
scapegoat (for)
(P)
(n) going bankrupt
(n) (ling) personal pronoun
(n) Suiko period (i.e. the Asuka period, esp. under the reign of Empress Suiko, approx. 592-628 CE)
(n) (comp) generation management
(n,adj-no) alternation of generations
(n) regime change
(n) highly-esteemed emperor's reign
(n) one's youth
one's youthful days (years)
the flower of one's youth
the springtime of one's life
(n) (one's) youth
one's younger days
(n) Stone Age
(n) absolute age
(n,adj-no) prehistoric era
prehistoric times
prehistory
(n,adj-no) ancestral
hereditary
generation after generation
passing from father to son
(n,adj-no) ancestral
hereditary
generation after generation
passing from father to son
(n) for ever and ever
(through) eternity
countless ages
till the end of time
(n) (1) Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE)
(2) Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE)
(3) era of vicious competition
(n) linear algebra
(adj-na) premodern
feudalistic
(n) prehistoric period
(adj-na) premodern
old-fashioned
outmoded
antiquated