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The emperor passed away in January of 1989. Therefore, the name of the era changed from Showa to Heisei.
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Vocabulary list

senkyuuhyakuhachijuukyuunen
senkyuuhyakuhachijuukunen
  1. one thousand nine hundred and eighty nine years; 1,989 years
nen
noun
  1. year
counter
  1. counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school)
noun
  1. period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
ichigatsu
  1. January
shouwatennou
noun
  1. Emperor Shōwa (1901-1989, reigned 1926-1989); Emperor Showa; Emperor Hirohito
shouwa
noun
  1. Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
na adjective
  1. reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned; quaint; old-school
tennou
noun
  1. Emperor of Japan
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
botsugo
noun, adverb
  1. after death; posthumously
nengou
noun
  1. name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
heisei
noun
  1. Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
aratamaru

Polite Past Indicative Form

aratamarimashita
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be renewed; to change
  2. to be improved; to be reformed; to be revised; to be corrected
  3. to stand on ceremony; to be formal
  4. to take a turn for the worse (of an illness); to take a serious turn

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