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Freq #224
1

Common noun

year

Examples
カレンダーの日付は19649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)

NounFreq #1201
1

year

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

age; years

Examples
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

ょうねんNounFreq #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

としんねんNounAdverbFreq #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.
んれいNounFreq #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.
ねんひととしとせNounFreq #1966
1

one year; some time ago

Examples
私は1年契約で働いた。
I worked on a yearly contract.
ょねんNounAdverbFreq #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.
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)

んねんNounFreq #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

んとしんねんNounAdverbFreq #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.
しうえNoun~の Adj.Freq #2773
1

older; senior

Examples
トムは私より2つ年上である。
Tom is two years senior to me.
いとしいねんNounAdverbFreq #2921
1

every year; yearly; annually

Examples
彼は毎年軽井沢へ行く。
He goes to Karuizawa every year.
いねんNounAdverbFreq #2929
1

next year

Examples
健は来年で15歳になります。
Ken will be fifteen next year.
がねんNounAdverbFreq #2951
1

many years; a long time

Examples
彼は外国に長年住んでいた。
He lived abroad for many years.
うねんNounFreq #2977
1

several years; a few years

Examples
私は数年前にゴルフを始めた。
I began playing golf years ago.
いねんNounFreq #3067
1

youth; young man

Examples
あの長髪の青年は粗野だ。
That long-haired youth is rude.
んねんNounFreq #3473
1

three years

Examples
彼が亡くなって三年になります。
It is three years since he died.
ゅうねんNounFreq #3764
1

ten years; decade

Examples
私の叔父はパリに十年住んでいる。
My uncle has lived in Paris for ten years.
ししたNoun~の Adj.Freq #4631
1

younger; junior

Examples
ジョンは私より2つ年下だ。
John is my junior by two years.
ごろしごろFreq #4779
1

Common noun

approximate age; apparent age

Examples
大体君と同じ年頃の若い娘だった。
She was a young girl about your age.
2

Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age of adulthood

3

Common noun; After a modifying phrase

age (when ...)

Examples
もっと分別があってもいい年頃だよ。
You're old enough to know better.
4

Dated term; Adverb (fukushi); Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

for years (past); for a long time

ゅうねんNoun~の Adj.Freq #5526
1

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

Examples
彼女は中年の都会派プロフェッショナルでした。
She was a middle-aged urban professional.
くねんNounFreq #5840
1

academic year; school year

Examples
第1学年には5つクラスがあった。
There were five classes in the first year.
2

year in school; grade in school

よねんNounFreq #6310
1

four years

寄りよりしよNounFreq #6598
1

Sensitive; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

old person; elderly person; senior citizen

Examples
目が見えない看護婦は年寄りの世話をすることに一身を捧げた。
The blind nurse devoted herself to caring for the elderly.
2

Sumo

trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay

3

senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)

4

important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)