ねんごう
Meanings
Noun
1. name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
Kanji used
year
ID number
Pitch accent
んご
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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)
era name selected by commoners (as opposed to the imperial court)
unofficial era name; apocryphal era name