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The Japanese word for year is

ねん - nen



year

Japanese Definition


year
     1. 名詞. 年(約365.24日)
     2. 名詞. ある天体が別の天体に対して公転する周期
           One Mars year is the time it takes Mars to go once around the Sun: equivalent to XX.xx Earth years
     3. 名詞. (暦法上の)年
           A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.
           I was born in the year 1950
           This Chinese year is the year of the Rooster
     4. 名詞. 12ヶ月
           We moved to this town a year ago.
     5. 名詞. 年度
           During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 in the morning to catch the bus.
     6. 名詞. (口語)長い時間
           it took years for the bus to come
     7. 名詞. 学年
           Everyone in year 2 Medicine must....
           The exams in year 12 at high school are the most ....



Translations for year and their definitions

     1. counter. years
     2. n. a year
           年に一度 - once a year
     3. suffix. a grade, a school year
           彼 は 中学 2年 だ。 - He's in the second year in junior high school.
     4. suffix. a year
           2008年 に 橋 を 建設 し 始める よう だ。 - It seems like they will start constructing the bridge in (the year) 2008.


学年
     1. n. year in school, grade in school


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