- がんねん
- [元年] ¶平成~the first year of Heisei.元年
first year (of a specific reign)* * *がんねん【元年】¶平成~the first year of Heisei.* * *がんねん【元年】the first year 《of an era》.●今年はデジタル放送元年である. This is the first year of digital broadcasting. | Digital broadcasting is starting this year.
・来年を県政改革元年としてまず議員を減らすところから始めたい. With prefectural reform starting next year, the first thing I want to do is to cut down the number of councillors.
平成元年 the first year of Heisei.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.