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1. 令和

Mon Apr 29, 2019, 11:21 AM

Apr 2019

How obscure is the use of 令 in 令和?

https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/66391/how-obscure-is-the-use-of-%E4%BB%A4-in-%E4%BB%A4%E5%92%8C

The explanations trying to explain the use of "rei" seem labored and contradictory. The scholar in the OP article said he wouldn't have chosen this character.

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What's in a name? Japan puzzles over 'Reiwa' [View all] soryang Apr 2019 OP

令和 soryang Apr 2019 #1

How the name came to be selected will be a secret for 30 years soryang Apr 2019 #2