Word Meaning 千年

せんねん sennen

千年 is read as せんねん (sennen) and means millennium.

Meaning

English

  1. millennium
  2. one thousand years
  3. long time

Reading

Kana

せんねん

Romaji

sennen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 105698 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

千年一日

せんねんいちじつ

without intermission for many years

千年間

せんねんかん

thousand-year period

八千年

はっせんねん

8000 years

千九百年代

せんきゅうひゃくねんだい

the 1900s

千年紀

せんねんき

millennium

千年説

せんねんせつ

millenarianism

千年王国説

せんねんおうこくせつ

millenarianism

千年鯛

せんねんだい

emperor red snapper (Lutjanus sebae)

至福千年

しふくせんねん

millennium

鶴は千年亀は万年

つるはせんねんかめはまんねん

enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation

至福千年説

しふくせんねんせつ

millenarianism

せん

thousand

Example Sentences

3

せんねんまえのてらがいまものこっている。

A temple from a thousand years ago still remains today.

This was in year two thousand.

Chizuko said, "A crane is supposed to live for one thousand years."