"明和" meaning in Japanese

See 明和 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [me̞ːβ̞a̠], [a̠kʲika̠zɨ], [a̠o̞] Forms: 明和 [canonical] (ruby: (めい), ()), Meiwa [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper noun|めいわ}} 明(めい)和(わ) • (Meiwa)
  1. the Meiwa era, 1764-1772 Related terms: 宝暦 (Hōreki) (ruby: 宝暦(ほうれき)) (english: era preceding Meiwa), 安永 (An'ei) (ruby: 安永(あんえい)) (english: era following Meiwa)
    Sense id: en-明和-ja-name-4sHULPtQ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Historical periods Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 40 30 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 33 34 34 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 36 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 16 42 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 25 37 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 39 30 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 37 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 31 30 Disambiguation of Historical periods: 57 21 21

Proper name

IPA: [me̞ːβ̞a̠], [a̠kʲika̠zɨ], [a̠o̞] Forms: 明和 [canonical] (ruby: (あき), (かず)), Akikazu [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|あきかず}} 明(あき)和(かず) • (Akikazu)
  1. a male given name
    Sense id: en-明和-ja-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Japanese given names, Japanese male given names, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 33 34 34 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 36 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 16 42 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 25 37 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 37 37

Proper name

IPA: [me̞ːβ̞a̠], [a̠kʲika̠zɨ], [a̠o̞] Forms: 明和 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), Ao [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|あお}} 明(あ)和(お) • (Ao)
  1. a unisex given name
    Sense id: en-明和-ja-name-NHbuMNUu Categories (other): Japanese female given names, Japanese given names, Japanese male given names, Japanese unisex given names, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 33 34 34 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 36 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 16 42 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 25 37 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 37 37
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Download raw JSONL data for 明和 meaning in Japanese (3.9kB)

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