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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
- —万年通宝mannen tsūhō; ancient Japanese coinage first minted in 760 CE
- —平均年齢average age
- —虞犯少年juvenile deemed likely to commit a crime; pre-delinquent juvenile; status offender
- —触法少年juvenile delinquent under the age of fourteen; minor in trouble with the law
- —前年同期year-before period; corresponding period of previous year; same period a year ago
- —前年同月same period of last year; the same month a year ago; year-ago month
- —生活年齢chronological age
- —知能年齢mental age
- —結婚年齢age at marriage; age at which one marries
- —財政年度fiscal year; financial year
- —年金生活(living on a) pension; annuity
- —最年長者oldest person
- —年頭挨拶New Year's greetings
- —テン年代the 2010s
- —理科年表chronological scientific tables
- —好発年齢susceptible age (for a disease, condition, etc.); common age
- —最低年齢minimum age (e.g. employment)
- —生産年齢productive age; working age
- —二年参りvisiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day
- —変額年金variable annuity