がくねん
Meanings
Noun
1. academic year; school year
When the new school year began, I ended up in the same class as that girl.
2. year in school; grade in school
Moreover, that person is the best in their grade!
Pitch accent
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くねん
Composed of
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
same year in school
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
Examples (12 in total)
Students from other grades are also coming, aren't they?
Moreover, that person is the best in their grade!
That's the grade you're in charge of.