年 – vocab dash

Keyword

year

counter for years

Frequency: #6
Strokes: 6
Grade: 1
JLPT (old): N4
Heisig: 1114

Readings

ネン89%

とし11%

Mnemonic

The costume maker swore it would take almost a year, and sure enough she emerged holding one huge cow head made of papier-mache. Twelve months, gone: a whole year.

Stroke order

Composed of

𠂉cow head 㐄almost a year

Used in vocabulary

年とし

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

Noun

年ねん

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

Noun

昨さく年ねん

last year

Noun

前ぜん年ねん

the preceding year; the previous year; last year

Noun

年ねん間かん

(period of) a year; during the era (of)

Noun

来らい年ねん

next year

Noun

今年ことし

this year

Noun

周しゅう年ねん

whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary

Noun

年ねん生せい

nth-year student; nth-year pupil

Suffix

少しょう年ねん

boy; juvenile; child

Noun

年ねん齢れい

age; years

Noun

年ねん金きん

annuity; pension

Noun

一昨年おととし

year before last

Noun

年ねん代だい

age; era; period; date

Noun

年ねん度ど

fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year

Noun

毎まい年とし

every year; yearly; annually

Adverb

去きょ年ねん

last year

Noun

青せい年ねん

youth; young man

Noun

前ぜん年ねん度ど

preceding fiscal year

Adverb

年ねん内ない

remainder of the year; rest of the year

Noun

今こん年ねん度ど

this year; this fiscal year; this school year

Noun

１いち年ねん生せい

first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; newcomer; person who has been in a role for less than a year; annual; annual plant

Noun

半はん年とし

half a year; six months

Noun

長なが年ねん

many years; a long time

Noun