2023 in Japanese
二千二十三
Updated June 2026
2023 in Japanese is 二千二十三, written にせんにじゅうさん in hiragana and read ni-sen-ni-jū-san. Reiwa 5 (Japan wins the World Baseball Classic)
NUMERAL
2023
KANJI
二千二十三
HIRAGANA
にせんにじゅうさん
ROMAJI
ni-sen-ni-jū-san
Year context
Reiwa 5 (令和5年). Japan (Samurai Japan) won the 2023 World Baseball Classic, beating the United States 3-2 in the final on 21 March 2023 at LoanDepot Park in Miami. Reiwa-era arithmetic: Reiwa 1 = 2019, so Reiwa 5 = 2023.
Real sentence examples
二〇二三年に侍ジャパンがワールド・ベースボール・クラシックで優勝しました (ni-sen-ni-jū-san-nen ni samurai japan ga wārudo bēsubōru kurashikku de yūshō shimashita): in 2023, Samurai Japan won the World Baseball Classic.
令和五年は西暦二千二十三年に当たります (reiwa go-nen wa seireki ni-sen-ni-jū-san-nen ni atarimasu): Reiwa 5 corresponds to the Western year 2023.
Pronunciation and morphology notes
2023 is ni-sen-ni-jū-san. In imperial form, Reiwa 5 (令和5年, reiwa go-nen). The reading is fully regular: 3 in the ones place is san, with no sound-change.
Frequently asked questions
How do you write 2023 in Japanese?
2023 is written 二千二十三 in kanji and にせんにじゅうさん in hiragana. In romaji (modified Hepburn) it is ni-sen-ni-jū-san.
What is 2023 in hiragana?
2023 in hiragana is にせんにじゅうさん. Hiragana spells out the reading ni-sen-ni-jū-san phonetically; the kanji form is 二千二十三.
What is 2023 in the Japanese imperial calendar?
2023 is Reiwa 5 (令和5年) in the Japanese imperial (nengo) calendar.
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