百年

ひゃくねん【百年】

*century

〖C〗(任意の)百年間

during the past century この百年の間に《◆ during this century は「今世紀に」》

We sat in silence for what seemed a century. 百年にも思われるほど長い間私たちは黙って座っていた.

▲The age of this church is 100 years. この教会が建ってから百年になる(＝It is 100 years since this church was built. )

a feud between the two families for a hundred years 百年に及ぶ両家の激しい争い

the Hundred Years(') War (英仏間の)百年戦争《1337-1453》.

¶ → 百年祭

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I

ひゃくねん【百年】

a [one] hundred years; a century.

●1997 年はブラームスの没後百年に当たる年だった. 1997 was [marked] the 100th anniversary [hundredth anniversary, centennial, centenary] of Brahms' death.

●百年の計 a farsighted policy [program]

・百年の不作 ⇒あくさい².

●百年河清を待つのと同じだ. It's like waiting one hundred years for the waters in the Yellow River to clear. | It's like waiting for pigs to fly. | If the sky falls, we shall catch larks. 【諺】

百年忌 the centennial [one hundredth anniversary] of sb's death.

百年忌法要 a Buddhist ceremony on the centennial of sb's death.

百年祭 a centenary; a centennial (anniversary [celebration]).

●百年祭を行う observe the centennial 《of…》.

百年目 the hundredth year; a one hundredth year.

●もうこうなっては百年目だ. It is all up [over] with me. | Now I am doomed.

・ここで会ったが百年目だ, 覚悟しろ. You're doomed now I've caught you here. I won't let you get away.

II

ももとせ【百歳･百年】

〔百年〕 a hundred years; 〔長年月〕 hundreds of years.