Chinese

Proper noun

明治

1. The Meiji era of Japanese history.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Literally "enlightened rule".

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) め​いじ [méꜜèjì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [me̞ːd͡ʑi]

Alternative forms

• ㍾ (Meiji era)

Proper noun

明治 ‎(hiragana めいじ, romaji Meiji)

1. (historical) The Meiji era: the Japanese era beginning in 1868 and ending in 1912.

   明治 (めいじ)二年 (にねん)

   Meiji ni nen

   the second year of Meiji (1869 in the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• 慶応 (けいおう) ‎(Keiō): the Keiō era, the era preceding the Meiji era
• 大正 (たいしょう) ‎(Taishō): the Taishō era, the era following the Meiji era

Etymology 2

Proper noun

明治 ‎(hiragana あきはる, romaji Akiharu)

1. A male given name

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3