2020 in Japanese
二千二十
Updated June 2026
2020 in Japanese is 二千二十, written にせんにじゅう in hiragana and read ni-sen-ni-jū. Reiwa 2 (the postponed Tokyo Olympics year)
NUMERAL
2020
KANJI
二千二十
HIRAGANA
にせんにじゅう
ROMAJI
ni-sen-ni-jū
Year context
Reiwa 2 (令和2年). The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics were scheduled for July 2020 but postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reiwa-era arithmetic: Reiwa 1 = 2019, so Reiwa 2 = 2020.
Real sentence examples
令和二年は新型コロナウイルスの影響が大きかったです (reiwa ni-nen wa shingata korona-uirusu no eikyou ga ookikatta desu): Reiwa 2 was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
二〇二〇年の東京オリンピックは延期されました (ni-sen-ni-jū-nen no tokyo orinpikku wa enki saremashita): the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were postponed.
Pronunciation and morphology notes
2020 is ni-sen-ni-jū. In Japanese imperial notation, it is Reiwa 2 (令和2年). The Reiwa era began on 1 May 2019 when Crown Prince Naruhito ascended the throne following the abdication of his father Akihito.
Frequently asked questions
How do you write 2020 in Japanese?
2020 is written 二千二十 in kanji and にせんにじゅう in hiragana. In romaji (modified Hepburn) it is ni-sen-ni-jū.
What is 2020 in hiragana?
2020 in hiragana is にせんにじゅう. Hiragana spells out the reading ni-sen-ni-jū phonetically; the kanji form is 二千二十.
What is 2020 in the Japanese imperial calendar?
2020 is Reiwa 2 (令和2年) in the Japanese imperial (nengo) calendar.
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