Illustration: In a Japanese family living room, three generations watch a television broadcast of an imperial succession ceremony, with a formally dressed imperial couple and attendants inside a palace hall.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

年ねん号ごう

nengou

Japanese era name

Examples include 令和 and 平成. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 1989年ねんの1月がつに昭和天皇しょうわてんのうが崩御ほうぎょされたので、年号ねんごうが昭和しょうわから平成へいせいに変かわりました。

    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

  2. また、年号ねんごうが「建武けんむ」と定さだめられる。

    The era name was also changed to "Kenmu."

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

  3. 広開土王碑こうかいどおうひには「永楽えいらく」という独自どくじの年号ねんごうが記載きさいされている。

    The name of an era "Eiraku" unique to Korea was inscribed on Gwanggaeto Stele.

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

Kanji in 年号

  • 年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし
  • 号nickname; numberOnゴウKunさけぶ・よびな

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