Word Meaning 年期 (Nenki): One-Year Period

Meaning

English

one-year period
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
apprenticeship
indentureship
indenture

Reading

Kana

ねんき

Romaji

nenki

Writing Variants

年季ねんき nenki

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 41383 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

更年期

こうねんき

menopause

前年同期

ぜんねんどうき

year-before period

更年期障害

こうねんきしょうがい

menopausal disorders

年頭

ねんとう

beginning of the year

年配

ねんぱい

(approximate) age

年末

ねんまつ

end-of-year

年収

ねんしゅう

annual income

年寄り

としより

important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

年表

ねんぴょう

chronological table

年号

ねんごう

name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa)

年内

ねんない

by the end of the year

年次

ねんじ

annual

Example Sentences

1

トム・ミュラーは自身の幼年期から青年期にかけての体験をもとに、3部から成る自伝的小説で彼の代表作でもある『トムとメアリー』を執筆した。

Tom Miller worked through his experiences in childhood and youth in his three-part autobiographical novel "Tom and Mary", which is also his main work.