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年 kanji
year, counter for years
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
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On readings
ネン
Kun readings
とし
Variant forms
秊Words with 年
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —丸一年the whole year; all the year
- —学年末end of school year
- —新年号New Year issue
- —成年者adult; person of full age
- —定年制mandatory retirement system; age-limit retirement system
- —年代物antique; vintage item
- —四年生fourth-year student
- —何年生what grade (in school)
- —最年長eldest; oldest
- —初年度first year; initial (year)
- —同年代the same generation; coeval
- —年度末end of the fiscal year; end of the school year
- —来年度next year; next fiscal year
- —中高年middle and old age
- —万年茸bracket fungus (Ganoderma lucidum); reishi mushroom
- —何万年tens of thousands of years
- —昨年夏summer of last year
- —一年前one year ago
- —狼少年boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
- —私年号era name used by commoners (as opposed to the imperial court); unofficial era name