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今日の漢字
Grade 1JLPT N5

year, counter for years

6 strokes · frequency rank #6

On
ネン
Kun
とし

Common words

  1. ことしthis year1
    • I can't stand this hot summer.

    • Spring is late this year.

    • We have a severe winter this year.

  2. ぜんねんthe preceding year; the previous year; last year2
    • As a general rule, the pension amount is based on price changes in the previous year.

    • What was the gross income in the previous calendar year?

  3. ねんかん(period of) a year3
    • I've worked here for ten years.

    • I gave up smoking for a year.

    • He was in the army for thirty years.

  4. さくねんlast year4
    • Helen came to Japan last year.

    • He changed schools last year.

    • We went into the red last year.

  5. らいねんnext year5
    • Ken will be fifteen next year.

    • I will go abroad next year.

    • She'll be getting married next year.

  6. としyear6
    • January is the first month of the year.

    • Might I ask your age?

    • He was let out after serving just two years of his four-year prison sentence.

  7. しゅうねんwhole year; entire year7
    • Thai Air celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

    • A toast to your 20th Anniversary!

    • Our company had the fortieth anniversary of its foundation.

  8. しょうねんboy8
    • The boy carved his name on the tree.

    • I am a boy.

    • I caught sight of the boy.

  9. ねんせいnth-year student; nth-year pupil9
    • These figures indicate three in five college first-year students are indifferent to politics.

    • I am in the second year of high school.

    • Tom is now in the fifth year.

  10. ねんきんannuity; pension10
    • She has to live on the pension.

    • He was granted a pension.

    • My grandfather is living on a pension.

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