ねん
nen

Noun

1. year

Related to 年に一度
カレンダーの日付ひずけいちきゅうろくよんねんがつさんにちでした。
karendāno hizukewa sen kyūhyaku rokujū yonen kugatsu nijū san. nichideshita
The date on the calendar was September 23, 1964.
Counter

2. counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school)

かれよんねん刑期けいきのところをねん釈放しゃくほうされた。
karewa yonen kēkino tokorō ninende shakuhō sareta
He was let out after serving just two years of his four-year prison sentence.
Noun

3. period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

Abbreviation
Related to 年季