年（ねん）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: year
Example sentences
- 三年間、日本語を勉強してきた。 — I've been studying Japanese for three years.
- この会社に入って、来年で十年になる。 — It'll be ten years since I joined this company as of next year.
Idioms & proverbs containing “年”
- 年功序列 (ねんこうじょれつ) — seniority by length of service
- 年は争えない (としはあらそえない) — age will tell
- 石の上にも三年 (いしのうえにもさんねん) — perseverance prevails; three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)
- 桃栗三年柿八年 (ももくりさんねんかきはちねん) — it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
- 人生僅か五十年 (じんせいわずかごじゅうねん) — life is short; life is just fifty years
- 亀の甲より年の功 (かめのこうよりとしのこう) — the older, the wiser
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “年” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)