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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 3437460, member: 15588&quot;]Yes, Japanese dates aren&#039;t as hard as they look, but you need to know more than the numbers and that pre-modern coins read right-to-left instead of left-to-right.</p><p><br /></p><p>To build on the numbers above, to go beyond 10, just add 10 to a number</p><p><br /></p><p>10&nbsp;&nbsp; 十</p><p>11　十一 10 + 1</p><p>12　十二 10 + 2</p><p>19　十九 10 + 9</p><p><br /></p><p>Multiples of ten get added before 10</p><p><br /></p><p>20　二十 or 2 X 10</p><p>30　三十 or 3 X 10</p><p>60　六十 or 6 X 10</p><p>90　九十 or 9 X 10</p><p><br /></p><p>More complex numbers below 100 follow the pattern above:</p><p><br /></p><p>34 三十四　3 X 10 + 4</p><p>55　五十五 5 X 10 + 5</p><p>78　七十八 7 X 10 + 8</p><p>99　九十九 9 X 10 + 9</p><p><br /></p><p>Going above 100 requires 百</p><p><br /></p><p>111　百十一 100 + 10 + 1</p><p>345　三百四十五 (3 X 100) + (4 X 10) + 5</p><p>999　九百九十九 (9 X 100) + (9 X 10) + 9</p><p><br /></p><p>Then you need to know the symbols for the emperors</p><p><br /></p><p>明治 - Meiji (Mutsihito) 1867 - 1912</p><p>大正 - Taisho (Yoshihito) 1912 - 1926</p><p>昭和 - Showa (Hirohito) 1926 - 1989</p><p>平成 - Heisei&nbsp; (Akihito) 1989 - 2019</p><p>???? - ?????&nbsp; (Naruhito) 2019 - who knows?</p><p><br /></p><p>Akihito will abdicate next month, ending the Heisei period. His son will take over, but the new era name has not yet been revealed. The coins next year should reflect the new name and era.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last symbol means year: 年</p><p><br /></p><p>Putting it all together:</p><p><br /></p><p>明治二十六年 - Meiji year 26</p><p>大正三年 - Taisho year 3</p><p>昭和三十一年 - Showa year 31</p><p>平成十五年 - Heisei year 15</p><p><br /></p><p>You can either look these numbers up or do the math from the beginnings of the reigns to get the Gregorian year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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