ねんど
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year
This company's fiscal year runs from April to March.
2. academic year; school year
Now, let's begin the first class of the new academic year!
3. product year
Pitch accent
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Composed of
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
Used in vocabulary (18 in total)
this year; this fiscal year; this school year
end of the fiscal year; end of the school year
next year; next fiscal year
Examples (6 in total)
The scale varies depending on the fiscal year.
With the new fiscal year, I moved to a new department.
Just when I thought the new academic year had started, exams came right away.