元年
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- first year (of an imperial era)
- year something (important) first happened or began
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A new era began in the first year of Reiwa.
The first year of Meiji is regarded as the starting point of Japan's modernization.
Ten years have already passed since the first year of that reform.
My grandfather, who was born in the first year of Showa, turns one hundred this year.
This year will likely be etched in history as the first year of the new administration's establishment.
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