じゅうねん
Meanings
Noun
1. ten years; decade
Kanji used
ten
year
Pitch accent
じゅ
うねん
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Composed of
ten; 10; ten years of age
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)
few decades; many decades; several decades
without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end
Examples (13 in total)
It's been ten years since my father died.
It has been ten years since I left Japan.
Just about everything is the same as 10 years before.