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年
年
6 strokes
Frequency: 6
JLPT N4
Grade 1

Meanings

year
counter for years

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ネン
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
とし
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
ね

Common Words

年
ねん
Freq #224
1

Common noun

year

Examples
カレンダーの日付は１９６４年９月２３日でした。
The date on the calendar was September 23, 1964.
2

Counter

counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school)

Examples
彼は四年刑期のところを二年で釈放された。
He was let out after serving just two years of his four-year prison sentence.
3

Abbreviation; Common noun

period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

年
歳
とし
Noun
Freq #1201
1

year

Examples
一月は年の一番目の月です。
January is the first month of the year.
2

age; years

Examples
お年をお聞きしてよろしいでしょうか。
Might I ask your age?
3

past one's prime; old age

少年
しょうねん
Noun
Freq #1348
1

boy

Examples
少年は木に自分の名前を刻んだ。
The boy carved his name on the tree.
2

Usu. in legal contexts

juvenile; child

今年
ことし
こんねん
Adverb
Noun
Freq #1853
1

this year

Examples
今年の暑い夏には耐えられません。
I can't stand this hot summer.
年齢
ねんれい
年令
Noun
Freq #1958
1

age; years

Examples
おじいさんの年齢は僕の年齢の５倍だ。
My grandfather is five times as old as I am.
一年
１年
いちねん
ひととし
ひととせ
Noun
Freq #1966
1

one year; some time ago

Examples
私は１年契約で働いた。
I worked on a yearly contract.
去年
きょねん
こぞ
Adverb
Noun
Freq #2327
1

last year

Examples
ビルは去年の秋に私に会いに来た。
Bill came to see me last autumn.
年間
ねんかん
Freq #2395
1

Common noun; Adverb (fukushi)

(period of) a year

Examples
私はここで１０年間働いている。
I've worked here for ten years.
2

Noun, used as a suffix

during the era (of)

何年
なんねん
Noun
Freq #2432
1

how many years; how long

Examples
それを建てるのに何年もかかった。
It took many years to build it.
2

what year

半年
はんとし
はんねん
Adverb
Noun
Freq #2542
1

half a year; six months

Examples
あと半年したら、彼女は外国へ行ってしまう。
She'll be going abroad in another six months.
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