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三さん年ねん
Meanings
Noun
1. three years
Three years have already passed since I started this job.
2. third school year (e.g. of high school)
Alt. forms
三さん年ねん
64%
３さん年ねん
35%
Kanji used
三
three
年
year
Pitch accent
さ
んねん
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Used in: 2631
Composed of
three; 3
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 (3 in total)
third-year student; third-year pupil
perseverance prevails; (lit.) three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)
it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; (lit.) planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
Examples (24 in total)
It's the dreaded third year.
I've been waiting for three years.
He has been in Japan for three years.
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