年生 – vocab dash

年ねん生せい

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Meanings

Suffix

1. nth-year student; nth-year pupil

Kanji used

Pitch accent

ねんせい

Composed of

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

Noun

life; living; I; me; myself; student

Noun

Used in vocabulary

biennial plant

Noun

second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant

Noun

fourth-year student

Noun

Examples17

これらの数すう字じが示しめすのは、大だい学がく１年ねん生せいの５人にん中ちゅう３さん人にんが政せい治じに無む関かん心しんだということだ。

These figures indicate three in five college first-year students are indifferent to politics.

彼かの女じょは８年ねん生せいだった。

She was in the eighth grade.

トムは今いま５年ねん生せいだ。

Tom is now in the fifth year.

彼かの女じょは２年ねん生せいです。

She is a second year student.

私わたしは高こう校こう2年ねん生せいだ。

I am in the second year of high school.

私わたしの弟おとうとは１年ねん生せいです。

My brother is a first-year student.