ねんかん – Vocabulary details

ねんかん

Meanings

Adverb

Noun

1. (period of) a year

Suffix

2. during an era

Alt. forms

年ねん間かん

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ねんかん

Pitch accent

ね

んかん

ね

んかん

Composed of

ねん

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

かん

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

Used in vocabulary (8 in total)

several years

(period of) one year

many years

thousand-year period

annual pass

year's plan

yearly revenue

long period of time

Examples (83 in total)

私わたしは十じゅうねんかん海かい外がいで生せい活かつした。

I lived abroad for ten years.

トムと私わたしは三さんねんかん口くちを利きかなかった。

Tom and I didn't speak to each other for three years.

私わたしはこの十じゅうねんかんこの村むらに住すんでいます。

I have lived in this village for the past ten years.