2020 in Japanese
二千二十
Updated May 2026
Reiwa 2 (the postponed Tokyo Olympics year)
NUMERAL
2,020
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.
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