ねんげつ
Meanings
Noun
1. months and years
I don't know how many years it will take to finish everything.
Pitch accent
ね
んげつ
Composed of
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Monday
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
long period of time
Examples (12 in total)
Twenty years is a long time.
The years pass by quickly.
Ten years is a long time.
Their intimacy grew with the years.
Ten years is a short time when we look back at it.
Many years have been spent in building the tower.
The years we've built up are irreplaceable too.
I don't know how many years it will take to finish everything.
How long did it take you to collect so many coins?
It was such a long span of years that I couldn't even imagine it.
It would be fun to see how things change over the years.
Natural dyes keep a more beautiful color over the years than artificial dyes.