Originally, as mentioned above, these words were themselves common nouns in Japan referred to generations or reigns. So they are also still used in Japanese terms for personal names, such as means Queen Elizabeth II. Within the ethnic Japanese immigrant community they had come to characterize their own generations.
Originally, as mentioned above, these words were themsel,ves common nouns in Japan referred to generations or reigns. So they are also still used in Japanese terms for personal names such as means Queen Elizabeth II. Within the ethnic Japanese immigrant community they had come to characterize their own generations.