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げんごう
Kanji
元号 / 減劫 / 減号
Noun
Japanese Meaning
時代に付けられる名前。日本や中国などで、天皇・皇帝の在位期間などに対して用いられる年の呼び名。 / 仏教で、非常に長い時間の単位である「劫（こう）」のうち、衆生の寿命がだんだん減少していく期間。 / 数学や算術で、負の数を表すときに用いられる「−」の符号のこと。 / 仏教で、仏が現れて教えを説くのにふさわしい、非常に長い時間の区切り・期間。「賢い仏」が多く出現するとされる劫。
Easy Japanese Meaning
くにでつかう、ねんのよびかた。てんのうがかわるとかわることがある。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
年号（用于纪年的时代名称） / 佛教：人类寿命由八万岁递减至十岁的过程（每年或每百年减一岁） / 负号（减号）
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
年號；紀元稱號。 / 佛教：減劫（人壽由八萬歲遞減至十歲）與賢劫（千佛出世的劫）。 / 負號；減號。
Korean Meaning
연호 / 감겁(불교: 인간 수명이 8만세에서 10세로 감소하는 겁) / 마이너스 기호
Vietnamese Meaning
niên hiệu (tên thời đại) / (Phật giáo) chu kỳ giảm tuổi thọ của loài người / dấu trừ (dấu âm)
Tagalog Meaning
pangalan ng panahon ng paghahari sa Hapon / tandang minus / (Budismo) yugto ng unti-unting pag-iksi ng haba ng buhay
Sense（1）
元号: An era name.
Sense（2）
減劫: (Buddhism) A process whereby human lifespans decline from 80,000 years to 10 years, decreasing by one year each year or each century.
Sense（3）
減号: The negative or minus sign.
Sense（4）
賢劫:
（ romanization ）
Quizzes for review
元号: An era name. / 減劫: (Buddhism) A process whereby human lifespans decline from 80,000 years to 10 years, decreasing by one year each year or each century. / 減号: The negative or minus sign. / 賢劫:
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げんごう
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A new era has begun.
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新しいげんごうが始まりました。
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