2021 in Japanese
二千二十一
Updated June 2026
2021 in Japanese is 二千二十一, written にせんにじゅういち in hiragana and read ni-sen-ni-jū-ichi. Reiwa 3 (the delayed Tokyo Olympics year)
NUMERAL
2021
KANJI
二千二十一
HIRAGANA
にせんにじゅういち
ROMAJI
ni-sen-ni-jū-ichi
Year context
Reiwa 3 (令和3年). The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, postponed a year by the COVID-19 pandemic, were finally held from 23 July to 8 August 2021, almost entirely without spectators. Reiwa-era arithmetic: Reiwa 1 = 2019, so Reiwa 3 = 2021.
Real sentence examples
二〇二一年の東京オリンピックはほぼ無観客で開催されました (ni-sen-ni-jū-ichi-nen no tokyo orinpikku wa hobo mukankyaku de kaisai saremashita): the 2021 Tokyo Olympics were held almost entirely without spectators.
令和三年も新型コロナウイルスの影響が続きました (reiwa san-nen mo shingata korona-uirusu no eikyō ga tsuzukimashita): the effects of COVID-19 continued in Reiwa 3 as well.
Pronunciation and morphology notes
2021 is ni-sen-ni-jū-ichi. In imperial form, Reiwa 3 (令和3年, reiwa san-nen): subtract 2018 from the Western year. The Games kept the "Tokyo 2020" branding even though they took place in 2021.
Frequently asked questions
How do you write 2021 in Japanese?
2021 is written 二千二十一 in kanji and にせんにじゅういち in hiragana. In romaji (modified Hepburn) it is ni-sen-ni-jū-ichi.
What is 2021 in hiragana?
2021 in hiragana is にせんにじゅういち. Hiragana spells out the reading ni-sen-ni-jū-ichi phonetically; the kanji form is 二千二十一.
What is 2021 in the Japanese imperial calendar?
2021 is Reiwa 3 (令和3年) in the Japanese imperial (nengo) calendar.
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