ひゃくねん
Meanings
Noun
1. century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
Pitch accent
ひゃ
ねん
Composed of
100; hundred
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 (9 in total)
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
the hundredth year; out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope; rare chance; unusually good fortune
Examples (1 in total)
A hundred years is called a century.