Kanji: 年

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N5 (beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 10 (learned at completion of 1st grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 1st grade in Japan
Radical:	干 Radical name: ほす
Meaning:	Year, counter for years
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 5 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	一昨年(おととし)	year before last
N5	去年(きょねん)	last year
N5	今年(ことし)	this year
N5	さ来年(らいねん)	year after next
N5	年(とし)	year
N5	毎年(まいとし)	every year
N5	万年筆(まんねんひつ)	fountain pen
N5	来年(らいねん)	next year
N3	少年(しょうねん)	boys, juveniles
N3	青年(せいねん)	youth, young man
N3	年月(としつき)	months and years
N3	年寄(としより)	old people, the aged
N3	年間(ねんかん)	year
N3	年月(ねんげつ)	months and years
N3	年中(ねんじゅう)	whole year, always, everyday
N3	年代(ねんだい)	age, era, period, date
N3	年齢(ねんれい)	age, years
N2	一昨年(いっさくねん)	year before last
N2	学年(がくねん)	year in school, grade in school
N2	再来年(さらいねん)	year after next
N2	青少年(せいしょうねん)	youth, young person
N2	生年月日(せいねんがっぴ)	birth date
N2	中年(ちゅうねん)	middle-aged
N2	年度(ねんど)	year, fiscal year, school year, term
N1	同(おな)い年(どし)	of the same age
N1	元年(がんねん)	first year (of a specific reign)
N1	成年(せいねん)	majority, adult age
N1	定年(ていねん)	retirement age
N1	年頃(としごろ)	age, marriageable age, age of puberty, adolescence, for some years
N1	年寄(としよ)り	old people, the aged
N1	年鑑(ねんかん)	yearbook
N1	年号(ねんごう)	name of an era, year number
N1	年生(ねんせい)	pupil in .... year, student in .... year
N1	年長(ねんちょう)	seniority
N1	年輪(ねんりん)	annual tree ring