ねん

年

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    year

    • カレンダーの日付は１９６４年９月２３日でした。
      The date on the calendar was September 23, 1964.

  2. counter

    counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school)

    • 彼は四年刑期のところを二年で釈放された。
      He was let out after serving just two years of his four-year prison sentence.

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
    abbreviation