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昭和元禄

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 3

Grade: 3
げん
Grade: 2
ろく
Jinmeiyō
goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
昭和元祿 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Coined by Takeo Fukuda in 1964.[1]

From 昭和 (Shōwa, era name between 1926-89) +‎ 元禄 (Genroku, era name during the mid-Edo period, considered to be the golden age of that time).

Proper noun

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(しょう)()(げん)(ろく) (Shōwa Genroku

  1. (historical) the period of peace, leisureliness, and high economic growth in post-war Japan until the oil crises of the 1970s

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN