令和

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1) Reiwa era of Japanese history

Etymology
From the 🇨🇬 foreword by to poems 815-846 in the fifth book of the . Relevant part of the foreword:
 * "ja"

- 于時、初春令月、気|氣淑風和、&披鏡前之粉、蘭薫珮後之香. （初春の令月にして、気淑く風和らぎ、梅は鏡前の粉を披き、蘭は珮後の香を薫す. ）

The Man'yōshū passage alludes in turn to a rhapsody written in 138 by the  polymath and statesman, titled. Below is the relevant part of the rhapsody with translation by Liu Wu-chi (1990), with slightly different choices of English for the same Chinese words:

With reference to both contexts, a general understanding of this kanji compound is thus along the lines of "good harmony", though it should be noted that this sense of "good" of the common character is otherwise very rare.

Proper noun

 * 1) the Reiwa era, 2019-present