十年 – Vocabulary details

十じゅう年ねん

Meanings

Noun

1. ten years; decade

Kanji used

十

ten

年

year

Pitch accent

じゅ

うねん

Used in: 2211

Composed of

十じゅう

ten; 10; ten years of age

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 (9 in total)

数すう十じゅう年ねん

few decades; many decades; several decades

十じゅう年ねん一いち日じつ

without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end

十じゅう年ねん一いち日にち

without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end

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Examples (13 in total)

父ちちが死しんで十じゅう年ねんになる。

It's been ten years since my father died.

日に本ほんを離はなれて十じゅう年ねんになる。

It has been ten years since I left Japan.

何なにもかも十じゅう年ねん前まえと同おなじだ。

Just about everything is the same as 10 years before.

工こう場じょうは十じゅう年ねん前まえに閉へい鎖さされた。

The factory was shut down ten years ago.

日に本ほんに来きてから十じゅう年ねんになります。

It's been ten years since I came to Japan.

今いまの彼かれは十じゅう年ねん前まえの彼かれではない。

He is not what he was ten years ago.

彼かれが日に本ほんを去さってから十じゅう年ねんになる。

It has been ten years since he left Japan.

私わたしが東とう京きょうに来きてから十じゅう年ねんになります。

It is ten years since I came to Tokyo.

この像ぞうは十じゅう年ねん前まえに作つくられた。

This statue was erected ten years ago.

私わたしの叔お父じはパリに十じゅう年ねん住すんでいる。

My uncle has lived in Paris for ten years.

生せい活かつ費ひはここ十じゅう年ねんで非ひ常じょうに上じょう昇しょうした。

The cost of living has greatly risen in the past ten years.

彼かの女じょは十じゅう年ねん近ちかくも彼かれの死しを嘆なげき悲かなしんでいる。

She has grieved over his loss for nearly ten years.

私わたしたちは昨日きのう、十じゅう年ねん目めの結けっ婚こん記き念ねん日びを祝いわった。