元年 (がんねん): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

元年 (がんねん) means first year of an era.

See example sentences below.

元年 at a glance

元年

がんねんgannen

N1noun

first year of an era

元年がんねんgannenN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

first year of an era

Example 1

令和元年に結婚しました。

Translation

I got married in the first year of Reiwa.

Example 2

この建物は昭和元年に建てられた。

Translation

This building was constructed in the first year of Showa.