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date (year, month, and day)
A specific calendar date expressed as year, month, and day. Commonly used on official documents and forms where a full date must be written.
A compound of 年 (year), 月 (month), and 日 (day). Very common on Japanese forms and official documents. In Japanese date format, the order is always year → month → day.
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Cultural note
Japanese official documents traditionally use the Japanese era system (和暦) for dates (e.g., 令和8年), though Western calendar dates (西暦) are also widely accepted. The 生年月日 field appears on nearly every official form in Japan.