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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

平へい成せい

heisei

Heisei era

The Heisei era ran from 1989 to 2019. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

昭和しょうわの次つぎは平成へいせいです。
Heisei is next after the Showa era.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
1989年ねん1月昭和天皇がつしょうわてんのうの没後ぼつご、年号ねんごうが「平成へいせい」と改あらたまりました。
The emperor passed away in January of 1989. Therefore, the name of the era changed from Showa to Heisei.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
翌よく8日にち、元号げんごうは平成へいせいに改元かいげんされた。
The era name was changed to Heisei on the following day, January 8.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 平成

平even; flatOnヘイ・ビョウ・ヒョウKunたいら・たいらげる・ひら
成turn into; becomeOnセイ・ジョウKunなる・なす

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