Word details

年長

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

Dictionary

Entry

年長んちょうNounFreq #19634
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

senior; older

Examples
年長の息子たちは今は父親からまったく独立している。
The elder sons are now quite independent of their father.
2

third-year kindergarten student

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

year, counter for years

6 strokesFrequency 6JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ネン

Kun

とし

Nanori

long, leader, superior, senior

8 strokesFrequency 12JLPT N4Grade 2

On

チョウ

Kun

なが.いおさ

Nanori

おしゃたかしたけひさ

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