元年
Chinese edit
primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty) |
year | ||
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simp. and trad. (元年) |
元 | 年 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
元年
- (historical) first year of an imperial reign
- (calendar) first year (of any period)
Synonyms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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元 | 年 |
がん Grade: 2 |
ねん Grade: 1 |
kan’yōon | goon |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Usage notes edit
The first year of an imperial era is strictly 元年, not *一年. Later years are simply 二年 (“2”), 三年 (“3”), etc.
References edit
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN