ねんきん
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. annuity; pension
Kanji used
year
gold
Pitch accent
んきん
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Composed of
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
Used in vocabulary (31 in total)
survivor's pension or annuity
national pension; government pension system
Examples (12 in total)
He was granted a pension.
The old man lives on his pension.
My grandfather is living on a pension.
The pension is not sufficient for living expenses.
She has to live on the pension.
The pension office is located across the street from the government office complex.
It was hard for him to live on his small pension.
With only that much pension I'm concerned about life in retirement.
Singapore's Central Fund provides pensions.
Instead of relying on a pension, he resolved to apply for the job.
He retired on a pension at the age of sixty.
People 65 and above get a pension from the government.