Word Meaning 学年

がくねん gakunen

学年 is read as がくねん (gakunen) and means academic year.

Meaning

English

  1. academic year
  2. school year
  3. year in school
  4. grade in school

Reading

Kana

がくねん

Romaji

gakunen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 4464 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

高学年

こうがくねん

upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)

低学年

ていがくねん

lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)

年輪年代学

ねんりんねんだいがく

dendrochronology

学生

がくせい

student (esp. a university student)

学校

がっこう

school

学長

がくちょう

(university) president

学ぶ

まなぶ

to study (in depth)

学友

がくゆう

school friend

がく

study of ...

学名

がくめい

academic reputation

学外

がくがい

outside the school

学び

まなび

learning

Example Sentences

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The new school year begins in April in Japan.

In Japan a new school year starts in April.

The teacher is in charge of the third-year class.

I have my year-end exams in 2 days, yet I'm not studying at all.

Even though our birthdays are only one day apart, Tom is one year ahead of me in school.

Yamada isn't very popular with the girls in his school year, but he's popular amongst the younger students.

For a while after the new school year began, I looked for somewhere I could fit in.

I took the most important events from the chronology of information science and wrote a few words about each one.

When I was in my first years of grade school, my father taught me a haiku and I longed to be a poet. On my Tanabata wish, I also wrote "Please make me a poet". Thirty years have passed and my wish has been granted. I am without doubt an invalid.