年号ねんごう (nengou)

name of an era, year number

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 3
  • #34730 most frequent
Flashcards

Meaning

年号 (ねんごう, nengou) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “name of an era, year number”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

いま年号ねんごう平成へいせいです

The current era is called the Heisei era.

年号はない。

It does not have the era name.

天顕は遼の年号。

Tenken was the era of Liao.

年号ねんごうあらたまりました。

The name of the era has been renewed.