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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by hkmurakami on Monday April 01, 2019 @01:27AM (#19540738)
Those two homonym “Rei” characters do not mean the same thing.

Reiwa is a newly conjured “word” that means roughly “declaration/ordinance of peace”

https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/233980/meaning/m0u/

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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by quelltext on Monday April 01, 2019 @03:51AM (#19541347)
Yeah, I'm stupid.
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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by comex on Monday April 01, 2019 @06:07AM (#19541855)
If it makes you feel better, here's a (presumably) Japanese person making the same association:

https://www.reddit.com/r/newsokur/comments/b7wf5k/令という漢字/eju...

Rough translation: "Somehow this kanji feels winter-like. I guess because of a strong sense of '冷'."

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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by qlk1123 on Monday April 01, 2019 @04:04AM (#19541402)
Not at all. Making mistakes is one of the best things when you learn a language. Kanjis can be complicated, but also fun. Cheers!
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