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    3. 三年

    三年

    三さん年ねん

    three years

    KMT8Ref L1NounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab9 strokes

    3年

    さんねん

    Noun

    1.
    three years

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは三さん年ねん前まえに日に本ほんに来きた。

    He came to Japan three years ago.

    KMT2Daily LifeCore Concepts
    このプロジェクトは完かん成せいまで三さん年ねんかかった。

    This project took three years to complete.

    KMT3Work & CareerCore Concepts
    私わたしの娘むすめは来らい年ねんで三さん年ねん生せいになります。

    My daughter will be a third-grader next year.

    KMT3Family & RelationshipsEducationDaily Life
    大だい学がくの学がく部ぶ課か程ていは通つう常じょ、三さん年ねんまたは四よ年ねんです。

    Undergraduate programs at universities are usually three or four years.

    KMT4EducationCore Concepts
    彼かれは三さん年ねん間かんの海かい外がい赴ふ任にんを終おえ、先せん日じつ帰き国こくしたばかりだ。

    He just returned home the other day after completing his three-year overseas assignment.

    KMT8Work & CareerTravel & TransportationCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    三
    み・み.つ・みっ.つ…(17)
    three
    年
    とし…(2)
    year・counter for years
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