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

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Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
來年 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

来(らい)年(ねん) • (rainen)  (kyūjitai 來年)

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

Related terms

• 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

References

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