Genroku
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Genroku
< Japanese, the imperial era name (official epithet) for the period 1688–1704 (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese yuán original, first + lù good fortune)
Example Sentences
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I would go to this rotary sushi place called Genroku.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2018
And the food at Genroku was really cheap, which was the operative word.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2018
On the eighth day of the twelfth month of the twelfth year of the Genroku era, a six-hundred-mile-long wave struck the coast, levelling homes, breaching a castle moat, and causing an accident at sea.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 20, 2015
The Japanese understood that tsunamis were the result of earthquakes, yet no one felt the ground shake before the Genroku event.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 20, 2015
The 15th year of Genroku, the 12th month, and 15th day.
From Tales of Old Japan by Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron
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