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三さん年ねん
Meanings
Noun
1. three years
Alt. forms
三さん年ねん
59%
３さん年ねん
40%
Kanji used
三
three
年
year
Pitch accent
さ
んねん
Top 3500
Used in: 2383
Composed of
three; 3
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 (3 in total)
third-year student
perseverance prevails; (lit.) three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)
it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; (lit.) planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
Examples (13 in total)
I've been waiting for three years.
He has been in Japan for three years.
It is three years since he died.
Three years have passed since he died.
He served as chairman for three years.
It's been three years since Tom died.
I came to this country three years ago.
Where were you three years ago?
I lived in Japan three years ago.
The building crumbled to pieces three years ago.
I came to Tokyo three years ago and have been living here ever since.
Bill joined our company three years ago.
They signed a three-year contract with a major record company.