同どう時じ代だい
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Meanings
Noun
1. same age; same period
Kanji used
Pitch accent
どうじだい
Composed of
同どう時じ
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
Noun
代だい
charge; cost; price; generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign; era; a representative of; …
Noun
Examples8
Scott was a contemporary of Byron.
Soseki was a contemporary of Ohgai.
He was contemporary with Shakespeare.
Shakespeare was a contemporary of Marlowe.
Bach and Handel were contemporaries.
Of course Darwin, like many of his contemporaries, wished to be seen as following the Newtonian method.