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ネンゴウ
Meanings
Noun
1. name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
Alt. forms
年ねん号ごう
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ネンゴウ
Pitch accent
ネ
ンゴ
ウ
Composed of
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
New Year issue
era name selected by commoners (as opposed to the imperial court)
unofficial era name; apocryphal era name