- Level
- N1
- Part of speech
- noun, adjectival noun (keiyodoshi), noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- Frequency
- Popular
Reading
- ねんちょうnounadjectival noun (keiyodoshi)noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Meanings
- 1
senior; older
nounadjectival noun (keiyodoshi)noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' - 2
third-year kindergarten student
noun
Conjugation
年長 · na-adjective
| Form | Plain | Polite |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 年長だねんちょうだ | 年長ですねんちょうです |
| Negative | 年長じゃないねんちょうじゃない | 年長ではありませんねんちょうではありません |
| Past | 年長だったねんちょうだった | 年長でしたねんちょうでした |
| Past negative | 年長じゃなかったねんちょうじゃなかった | 年長ではありませんでしたねんちょうではありませんでした |
| Te-form | 年長でねんちょうで | — |
| Adverbial | 年長にねんちょうに | — |
Example sentences3
田中、。
Mr. Tanaka is three years older than I am, but we joined this company in the same year.
、。
My daughter entered her final year of kindergarten this year.
、。
At this store, the older staff members teach the newer staff how to do their jobs.
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