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    3. 昭

    昭

    昭ショウ

    shining

    N1KMT6Freq #697Core ConceptsKanji9 strokes

    On'yomi

    ショウ

    Nanori

    あきあきらかずかずみてる

    shiningbright

    日召

    日
    刀
    口

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    招沼晤晧迢紹映昨晤晧貂晒昧映旺明

    Concepts using this kanji

    昭和

    Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)

    昭和の日

    Shōwa Day (national holiday; April 29)

    昭代

    glorious reign

    昭和レトロ

    Shōwa retro

    昭和アルミニウム

    Showa Aluminum Corporation

    昭和大学

    Showa University

    昭示

    elucidation

    昭和史

    history of the Shōwa period (1926-1989)

    昭和時代

    Shōwa period (1926-1989)

    昭和基地

    Shōwa Station (Antarctica)

    昭

    nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)

    昭然

    manifest

    昭和女子大学

    Shouwa Women's University

    昭昭

    clear

    昭和維新

    Shōwa restoration (call for Imperial restoration by militarists in the 1930s)

    昭和天皇

    Emperor Shōwa (1901-1989, reigned 1926-1989)

    昭和音楽大学

    Showa Academia Musicae

    昭和一桁

    (generation born in) the first nine years of the Shōwa period (1926-1934)

    昭栄

    Shoei (motorcycle helmet manufacturing company)

    昭和薬科大学

    Showa Pharmaceutical University

    昭和美術館

    Showa Museum of Art

    昭和元禄

    the flourishing mid-Shōwa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease

    昭陽舎

    court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)

    昭和恐慌

    Shōwa Depression (Japanese part of the Great Depression)

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    • 刀
    • 口
    • 日

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    • 昭和
    • 昭和時代
    • 昭昭
    • 昭然
    • 昭代
    • 昭和一桁
    • 昭和元禄
    • 昭和史
    • 昭和の日
    • 昭和恐慌
    • 昭陽舎
    • 昭和維新
    • 昭和基地
    • 昭和天皇
    • 昭
    • 昭示
    • 昭和レトロ
    • 昭栄
    • 昭和アルミニウム
    • 昭和音楽大学
    • 昭和女子大学
    • 昭和大学
    • 昭和美術館
    • 昭和薬科大学

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    • 晒
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    • 旺
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