来年（らいねん）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: next year
Example sentences
- 来年、大学を卒業する予定だ。 — I'm scheduled to graduate from university next year.
- 二人は来年の春に結婚する。 — The two of them are getting married next spring.
Idioms & proverbs containing “来年”
- 来年のことを言うと鬼が笑う (らいねんのことをいうとおにがわらう) — nobody knows the morrow; speak of next year and the ogres laugh
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
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