昭しょう和わ一ひと桁けた

noun

Showa single-digit generation; born in the first nine years of Showa (1926-1934)

Refers to people born during the first nine years of the Shōwa era (1926–1934), when the year could be expressed with a single digit. Often used in discussions of generational differences in Japan.

• 昭しょう和わ一ひと桁けた生うまれの祖そ父ふは戦せん争そうを経けい験けんしている。

  My grandfather, born in the Showa single-digit years, experienced the war.

• 昭しょう和わ一ひと桁けたの世せ代だいは、日本にほんの高こう度ど成せい長ちょうを支ささえた。

  The Showa single-digit generation supported Japan's high economic growth.