2018 in Japanese
二千十八
Updated June 2026
2018 in Japanese is 二千十八, written にせんじゅうはち in hiragana and read ni-sen-jū-hachi. Heisei 30 (the penultimate year of Heisei)
NUMERAL
2018
KANJI
二千十八
HIRAGANA
にせんじゅうはち
ROMAJI
ni-sen-jū-hachi
Year context
Heisei 30 (平成30年). The 30th and final-but-one year of the Heisei era. Emperor Akihito announced his planned abdication for 30 April 2019. The 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in February featured significant Japanese medal performances. Heisei-era arithmetic: Heisei 1 = 1989, so Heisei 30 = 2018.
Real sentence examples
平成三十年に上皇陛下が退位の意思を表明されました (heisei san-jū-nen ni joukou heika ga taii no ishi o hyoumei saremashita): in Heisei 30, the Emperor Emeritus expressed his intention to abdicate.
二千十八年の冬季オリンピックは韓国で開催されました (ni-sen-jū-hachi-nen no touki orinpikku wa kankoku de kaisai saremashita): the 2018 Winter Olympics were held in South Korea.
Pronunciation and morphology notes
2018 in modern Japanese can be read ni-sen-jū-hachi (two thousand eighteen) or, more colloquially in news contexts, ni-sen-jū-hachi-nen. The imperial form Heisei 30 (heisei san-jū-nen) is equally common. The 2018-2019 boundary marked the Heisei-to-Reiwa transition: Heisei ended on 30 April 2019.
Frequently asked questions
How do you write 2018 in Japanese?
2018 is written 二千十八 in kanji and にせんじゅうはち in hiragana. In romaji (modified Hepburn) it is ni-sen-jū-hachi.
What is 2018 in hiragana?
2018 in hiragana is にせんじゅうはち. Hiragana spells out the reading ni-sen-jū-hachi phonetically; the kanji form is 二千十八.
What is 2018 in the Japanese imperial calendar?
2018 is Heisei 30 (平成30年) in the Japanese imperial (nengo) calendar.
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