"当時" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "当時",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "当",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōji",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tauzi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうじ",
      "roman": "tauzi",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "とうじ",
        "hhira": "たうじ"
      },
      "expansion": "当(とう)時(じ) • (tōji) ^(←たうじ (tauzi)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I was young and needed money at that time.",
          "roman": "Tōji wa wakaku okane ga hitsuyō deshita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "当",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "若",
              "わか"
            ],
            [
              "金",
              "かね"
            ],
            [
              "必",
              "ひつ"
            ],
            [
              "要",
              "よう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "当時は若くお金が必要でした。"
        },
        {
          "english": "It seems awfully funny now when I think about the situation at that time.",
          "ref": "1908, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], 坑夫 (Kōfu)",
          "roman": "Dōmo tōji no jōtai o ima kara yoku kangaete miru to yoppodo okashii.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夏",
              "なつ"
            ],
            [
              "目",
              "め"
            ],
            [
              "漱",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "石",
              "せき"
            ],
            [
              "坑",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "夫",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "当",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "状",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "態",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "今",
              "いま"
            ],
            [
              "考",
              "かんが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "どうも当時の状態を今からよく考えてみるとよっぽどおかしい。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "then, at that time"
      ],
      "id": "en-当時-ja-noun-anyWlMTD",
      "links": [
        [
          "then",
          "then"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "とーじ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ːʑi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "当時"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "当時",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "当",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "時",
          "じ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tōji",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tauzi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たうじ",
      "roman": "tauzi",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "とうじ",
        "hhira": "たうじ"
      },
      "expansion": "当(とう)時(じ) • (tōji) ^(←たうじ (tauzi)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I was young and needed money at that time.",
          "roman": "Tōji wa wakaku okane ga hitsuyō deshita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "当",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "若",
              "わか"
            ],
            [
              "金",
              "かね"
            ],
            [
              "必",
              "ひつ"
            ],
            [
              "要",
              "よう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "当時は若くお金が必要でした。"
        },
        {
          "english": "It seems awfully funny now when I think about the situation at that time.",
          "ref": "1908, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], 坑夫 (Kōfu)",
          "roman": "Dōmo tōji no jōtai o ima kara yoku kangaete miru to yoppodo okashii.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夏",
              "なつ"
            ],
            [
              "目",
              "め"
            ],
            [
              "漱",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "石",
              "せき"
            ],
            [
              "坑",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "夫",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "当",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "状",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "態",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "今",
              "いま"
            ],
            [
              "考",
              "かんが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "どうも当時の状態を今からよく考えてみるとよっぽどおかしい。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "then, at that time"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "then",
          "then"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "とーじ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ːʑi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "当時"
}