がくねん
Meanings
Noun
1. academic year; school year
2. year in school; grade in school
Kanji used
study
year
Pitch accent
くねん
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Composed of
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
same year in school
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year
end of school year
middle grades of primary school (third and fourth grades)
the school year
school year calendar; calendar of school events and dates
Examples (3 in total)
The new school year begins in April in Japan.
There were five classes in the first year.
The teacher is in charge of the third-year class.