しょう
Meanings
Noun
Historical
1. Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
Adjective (な)
Colloquialism
2. reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned; quaint; old-school
Kanji used
shining
harmony
Pitch accent
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Composed of
nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
Emperor Shōwa (1901-1989, reigned 1926-1989); Emperor Showa; Emperor Hirohito
Shōwa restoration (call for Imperial restoration by militarists in the 1930s)
Shōwa period (1926-1989); Showa period
Shōwa Station (Antarctica); Showa Station; Syowa Station
the flourishing mid-Shōwa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease
history of the Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Shōwa Day (national holiday; April 29); Showa Day
Shōwa Depression (Japanese part of the Great Depression)
(generation born in) the first nine years of the Shōwa period (1926-1934)
Shōwachō Station (Kagawa)
Examples (3 in total)
I was born during the Showa era.
This is a direct broadcast from the Showa theater.
The crime of adultery was abolished in 1947.