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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
- —法定年齢legal age
- —最終学年last year of school
- —地質年代geological time
- —放射年代radiometric age
- —相対年代relative age
- —絶対年代absolute age
- —七年戦争Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
- —百年戦争Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
- —個人年金personal pension
- —私的年金private pension
- —新年宴会New Year's party; New Year's banquet (held annually by the emperor on January 5, prior to WWII)
- —経年変化change over the years; aging; ageing; secular change
- —経年劣化degradation over time; time-related deterioration
- —年金手帳pension book
- —合意年齢age of consent
- —承諾年齢age of consent
- —定年制度mandatory retirement age (system)
- —面壁九年facing a wall for nine years in meditation (by Bodhidharma at Shaolin Temple)
- —営業年度fiscal year; financial year
- —年末賞与year-end bonus; bonus salary given at the end of the year