2024 in Japanese
二千二十四
Updated May 2026
Reiwa 6 (the Paris Olympics year)
NUMERAL
2,024
KANJI
二千二十四
HIRAGANA
にせんにじゅうよん
ROMAJI
ni-sen-ni-jū-yon
Year context
Reiwa 6 (令和6年). The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics (26 July to 11 August) and the Noto Peninsula earthquake (1 January 2024). Japan won a record 45 medals at the Olympics, including 20 golds. Reiwa-era arithmetic: Reiwa 1 = 2019, so Reiwa 6 = 2024.
Real sentence examples
二〇二四年のパリオリンピックで日本は四十五個のメダルを獲得しました (ni-sen-ni-jū-yon-nen no pari orinpikku de nihon wa yon-jū-go-ko no medaru o kakutoku shimashita): at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Japan won 45 medals.
令和六年の一月一日に能登半島地震が発生しました (reiwa roku-nen no ichi-gatsu tsuitachi ni noto-hantou jishin ga hassei shimashita): the Noto Peninsula earthquake occurred on 1 January Reiwa 6.
Pronunciation and morphology notes
2024 is ni-sen-ni-jū-yon. Japanese imperial form: Reiwa 6 (令和6年). Note that 4 in years is yon, not shi; the unmarked Sino reading is preferred. The Reiwa era continues; Reiwa 7 = 2025 and Reiwa 8 = 2026.
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