来年

See also: 來年

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 来年 – see 來年 (“the coming year; next year”).
(This term, 来年, is the simplified form of 來年.)
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
来 年
らい
Grade: 2		 ねん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

来年 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 來年, hiragana らいねん, rōmaji rainen)

  1. next year, coming year
    来年 (らいねん)は１７歳 (じゅうななさい)になる。
    Rainen wa jūnana sai ni naru.
    I'll be seventeen next year.

Derived terms
  • 再来年 (さらいねん) (sarainen), sarainen): year after next
  • 来年 (らいねん)の事 (こと)を言 (い)うと鬼 (おに)が笑 (わら)う (rainen no koto o iu to oni ga warau): talk about next year and the devil will laugh
  • 来年度 (らいねんど) (rainendo): next year, next fiscal year

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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