ねん
Meanings
Noun
1. year
Counter
2. counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school)
Noun
Abbreviation
3. period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Kanji used
year
Pitch accent
Top 300
Used in vocabulary (234 in total)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
one year; some time ago
Examples (114 in total)
He doesn't look his age.
I only wear a kimono about once a year.
Five years have gone by since my father died.