Word details

留年

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

Dictionary

Entry

留年ゅうねんNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #20978
1

repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year

Examples
「じゃ留年しなかったら付き合ってくれんの?」「タラレバ話って好きじゃないの」
"So, you'll go out with me if I don't have to repeat a year?" "I don't care for 'what if' stories."

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

detain, fasten, halt, stop

10 strokesFrequency 731JLPT N2Grade 5

On

リュウ

Kun

と.めると.まるとど.めるとど.まるるうぶる

Nanori

とめ

year, counter for years

6 strokesFrequency 6JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ネン

Kun

とし

Nanori

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