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How to say 'Usual year' in Japanese | 例年

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The Japanese word for Usual year is 'Reinen', written as 例年 in Japanese.'Usual year' in hiragana is れいねん.

    word

    例年

    Meaning

    Usual year

    Reading

    れいねん

    reinen

    Kanji

    Example Year

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '例年 (れいねん)' refers to a 'usual year' or 'normal year', indicating a typical or average year in terms of events, conditions, or patterns. It is often used to compare the current year with previous years, especially in contexts like weather, business performance, or seasonal events. For example: This year's sales are higher than usual「今年の売り上げは例年より高い」(ことしのうりあげはれいねんよりたかい). The cherry blossoms bloomed earlier than usual this year「今年の桜は例年より早く咲いた」(ことしのさくらはれいねんよりはやくさいた).

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N3

    Kanji Grade

    4

    Frequency

    6958

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 例年

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Example

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Year

Words Related to 例年 Through the Kanji

These 12 Words contain the Kanji 例 as well.

  • word

    例えば

    Meaning

    For example

  • word

    Meaning

    Example

  • word

    例文

    Meaning

    Example

  • word

    事例

    Meaning

    Example

  • word

    例外

    Meaning

    Exception

  • word

    実例

    Meaning

    Example

  • word

    判例

    Meaning

    Precedent

  • word

    条例

    Meaning

    Ordinance

  • word

    比例

    Meaning

    Proportion

  • word

    用例

    Meaning

    Example

  • word

    例える

    Meaning

    Compare

  • word

    例題

    Meaning

    Example

Words Related to 例年 Through the Kanji

These 46 Words contain the Kanji 年 as well.

  • word

    Meaning

    Year

  • word

    年下

    Meaning

    Younger

  • word

    一昨年

    Meaning

    Year before last

  • word

    年間

    Meaning

    Year

  • word

    少年

    Meaning

    Boy

  • word

    年金

    Meaning

    Pension

  • word

    年齢

    Meaning

    Age

  • word

    年度

    Meaning

    Year, Fiscal

  • word

    青年

    Meaning

    Youth

  • word

    今年

    Meaning

    This year

  • word

    再来年

    Meaning

    Year after next

  • word

    万年筆

    Meaning

    Fountain pen

  • word

    年賀状

    Meaning

    New years card

  • word

    毎年

    Meaning

    Every year

  • word

    生年月日

    Meaning

    Birthdate

  • word

    半年

    Meaning

    Half year

  • word

    近年

    Meaning

    Recent

  • word

    翌年

    Meaning

    Next year

  • word

    年寄り

    Meaning

    Elderly

  • word

    昨年

    Meaning

    Last year

  • word

    元年

    Meaning

    First year

  • word

    去年

    Meaning

    Last year

  • word

    長年

    Meaning

    Many years

  • word

    お年玉

    Meaning

    Money

  • word

    年月

    Meaning

    Years

  • word

    年月日

    Meaning

    Date

  • word

    年々

    Meaning

    Yearly

  • word

    年代

    Meaning

    Era, Age

  • word

    中年

    Meaning

    Middle age

  • word

    年中

    Meaning

    Year round

  • word

    学年

    Meaning

    Grade

  • word

    同年

    Meaning

    Same year

  • word

    本年

    Meaning

    This year

  • word

    晩年

    Meaning

    Later years

  • word

    年長

    Meaning

    Older

  • word

    年末

    Meaning

    Year end

  • word

    来年

    Meaning

    Next year

  • word

    忘年会

    Meaning

    Year end party

  • word

    年配

    Meaning

    Elderly

  • word

    年収

    Meaning

    Annual income

  • word

    定年

    Meaning

    Retirement

  • word

    年始

    Meaning

    New year

  • word

    前年

    Meaning

    Previous year

  • word

    年上

    Meaning

    Older

  • word

    未成年

    Meaning

    Minor

  • word

    年賀

    Meaning

    New years card

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What does 'Reinen' (例年) mean?

'Reinen' means 'Usual year' .

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