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年代

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 年代.

Dictionary

Entry

年代ねんだいNounFreq #7515
1

age; era; period; date

Examples
１９９０年代は湾岸戦争で始まった。
The 1990s began with the Gulf War.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

年

year, counter for years

6 strokesFrequency 6JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ネン

Kun

とし

Nanori

ね
代

substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

5 strokesFrequency 66JLPT N3Grade 3

On

ダイタイ

Kun

か.わるかわ.るかわ.りか.わり-がわ.り-が.わりか.えるよしろ

Nanori

す

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