JLPT N3 · Noun / adverb

年間 (nenkan)

年間 (ねんかん, nenkan) is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “(period of) a year”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ねんかん
Romaji: nenkan
Word class: Noun / adverb
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

(period of) a year · noun, adverb
during the era (of) · suffix noun

Example sentences

私はここで１０年間働いている。

I've worked here for ten years.

Tatoeba #161065

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 年間

年

year, counter for yearsネン・とし · 6 strokes

間

interval, spaceカン・ケン・あいだ・ま · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 年間.

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年月ねんげつmonths and years年中ねんじゅうwhole year

Source: JMdict entry 1468380 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.