来年

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Noun

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

  1. next year, coming year
    来年は17歳になる。
    らいねんは17さいになる。
    Rainen wa 17-sai ni naru.
    I'll be seventeen next year.

Derived terms

  • 再来年, さ来年 (さらいねん, sarainen); year after next
  • 来年の事を言うと鬼が笑う (らいねんのことをいうとおにがわらう, 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

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Mandarin

simpl.
trad. 來年

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ lai˧˥niɛn˧˥ ]

Noun

来年 (simplified, Pinyin láinián, traditional 來年)

  1. the coming year; next year

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

Noun

来年 (simplified, POJ lâi-nî, traditional 來年)

  1. the coming year; next year

Usage notes

  • Not commonly used in Min Nan.

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