I Love Kanji年長 (nenchou)
年長 (ねんちょう, nenchou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “senior; older”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ねんちょう
- Romaji
- nenchou
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- senior; older · noun taking の, な-adjective, noun
- third-year kindergarten student · noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 年長
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 年長だ | ねんちょうだ nenchouda |
| Present (polite) | 年長です | ねんちょうです nenchoudesu |
| Negative | 年長じゃない | ねんちょうじゃない nenchoujanai |
| Past | 年長だった | ねんちょうだった nenchoudatta |
| Negative past | 年長じゃなかった | ねんちょうじゃなかった nenchoujanakatta |
| Te-form | 年長で | ねんちょうで nenchoude |
| Before a noun | 年長な | ねんちょうな nenchouna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 年長に | ねんちょうに nenchouni |
Kanji in 年長
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 年長.
年としyear年ねんyear去年きょねんlast year今年ことしthis year毎年まいねんevery year来年らいねんnext yearさ来年さらいねんyear after next万年筆まんねんひつfountain pen少年しょうねんboy青年せいねんyouth年月としつきmonths and years年寄としよりold person年間ねんかん(period of) a year年月ねんげつmonths and years
Source: JMdict entry 1469030 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.