"令和" meaning in Japanese

See 令和 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ɾe̞ːβ̞a̠] Forms: 令和 [canonical] (ruby: (れい), ()), Reiwa [romanization]
Etymology: From the Literary Chinese foreword by Ōtomo no Tabito to poems 815-846 in the fifth book of the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE). Relevant part of the foreword: : 于時、初春令月、氣淑風和、梅披鏡前之粉、蘭薫珮後之香。(初春の令月にして、気淑く風和らぎ、梅は鏡前の粉を披き、蘭は珮後の香を薫す。) It was in new spring, in a fair month, When the air was clear and the wind a gentle breeze. Plum flowers blossomed a beauty's charming white And the fragrance of the orchids was their sweet perfume. The Man'yōshū passage alludes in turn to a rhapsody written in 138 CE by the Han polymath and statesman Zhang Heng, titled 歸田賦/归田赋 (Guītián Fù, “Return to the Field”). Below is the relevant part of the rhapsody with translation by Liu Wu-chi (1990), with slightly different choices of English for the same Chinese words: : With reference to both contexts, a general understanding of this kanji compound is thus along the lines of "good harmony", though it should be noted that this sense of "good" of the common character 令 (rei) is otherwise very rare. Etymology templates: {{cog|lzh|-}} Literary Chinese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{circa2|759 <small class='ce-date'>CE</small>|short=1}} c. 759 CE, {{quote|ja|于時、初春令月、氣淑風和、&披鏡前之粉、蘭薫珮後之香。(初春の令月にして、気淑く風和らぎ、梅は鏡前の粉を披き、蘭は珮後の香を薫す。)|It was in new spring, in a fair month, When the air was clear and the wind a gentle breeze. Plum flowers blossomed a beauty's charming white And the fragrance of the orchids was their sweet perfume.|nocat=1}} 于時、初春令月、氣淑風和、梅披鏡前之粉、蘭薫珮後之香。(初春の令月にして、気淑く風和らぎ、梅は鏡前の粉を披き、蘭は珮後の香を薫す。) It was in new spring, in a fair month, When the air was clear and the wind a gentle breeze. Plum flowers blossomed a beauty's charming white And the fragrance of the orchids was their sweet perfume., {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|れいわ}} 令(れい)和(わ) • (Reiwa)
  1. the Reiwa era, 2019-present Wikipedia link: Han dynasty, Iwanami Shoten, Man'yōshū, Reiwa era, Return to the Field, Zhang Heng, ja:令和, Ōtomo no Tabito Categories (topical): Historical periods, History of Japan Related terms: 平成 (Heisei) (ruby: (へい), (せい)) (english: era preceding Reiwa)

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for 令和 meaning in Japanese (5.9kB)

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