来年

See also: 來年

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ChineseEdit

For pronunciation and definitions of 来年 – see 來年. (This term, 来年, is the simplified form of 來年.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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JapaneseEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) らいねん [ràínéń] (Heiban - [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ɾa̠inẽ̞ɴ]

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

• 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

Related termsEdit

• 去年 (きょねん) (kyonen): last year
• 昨年 (さくねん) (sakunen): last year
• 今年 (ことし) (kotoshi): this year
• 本年 (ほんねん) (honnen): this year

ReferencesEdit

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.