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
ね
んど
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.
This company's fiscal year runs from April to March.
Today was the school closing ceremony for 2008.
Now, let's begin the first class of the new academic year!