万年 – Vocabulary details

万まん年ねん

Meanings

Noun

1. ten thousand years; eternity

鶴つるは千せん年ねん、亀かめは万まん年ねんと言いわれる。It is said that cranes live a thousand years and turtles ten thousand.

2. perennial; perpetual

when read as "まんねん"

ここは万まん年ねん人ひと手で不ぶ足そくのようだから、すぐに雇やとってもらえたよ。This place seems to be perpetually short-staffed, so I got hired right away.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

万

ten thousand

年

year

Pitch accent

ま

んねん

ま

んねん

Used in: 712

Composed of

万まん

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

年ねん

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 (14 in total)

万まん年ねん筆ひつ

fountain pen

何なん万まん年ねん

tens of thousands of years

万まん年ねん雪ゆき

perpetual snow

11 more...

Examples (2 in total)

鶴つるは千せん年ねん、亀かめは万まん年ねんと言いわれる。

It is said that cranes live a thousand years and turtles ten thousand.

ここは万まん年ねん人ひと手で不ぶ足そくのようだから、すぐに雇やとってもらえたよ。

This place seems to be perpetually short-staffed, so I got hired right away.