| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 昭和 | しょうわ | Showa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7) |
| 昭和時代 | しょうわじだい | Showa period (1926-1989 CE) |
| 昭和年間 | しょうわねんかん | Showa era |
| 昭栄 | しょうえい | Shoei (motorcycle helmet manufacturing company), Shouei |
| 昭昭 | しょうしょう | clear, bright, plain, obvious |
| 昭々 | しょうしょう | clear, bright, plain, obvious |
| 昭然 | しょうぜん | manifest, clear, evident, obvious |
| 昭代 | しょうだい | glorious reign, enlightened era |
| 昭和一桁 | しょうわひとけた | (member of the generation born in) the first nine years of the Showa period (from 1926 to 1934) |
| 昭和元禄 | しょうわげんろく | the flourishing mid-Showa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease |
