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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

元がん年ねん

gannen

first year of an imperial era

Example sentences

  1. 平成へいせい元年がんねん

    the first year of Heisei (1989 in the Gregorian calendar)

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  2. この年としを大化たいか元年がんねんとした。

    This year was designated the first year of Taika.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 令和れいわ元年がんねん

    Reiwa 1 (2019)

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Kanji in 元年

  • 元beginning; former timeOnゲン・ガンKunもと
  • 年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし

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