平成（へいせい）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: Heisei era
Example sentences
- 平成は約三十年続いた。 — The Heisei era lasted about thirty years.
- 平成に起きた出来事を振り返る。 — I'm looking back on the events that happened during the Heisei era.
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