ねん
Meanings
Noun
1. period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
2. apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
3. one-year period
Kanji used
year
period (of time)
Pitch accent
んき
Composed of
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
childhood; infancy
menopause; change of life
prime of one's life; stage of maturity
to become experienced (after many years of practice)
expiration of a term of service