Word Meaning 晩年
ばんねん
bannen
晩年 is read as ばんねん (bannen) and means one's later years.
Meaning
English
- one's later years
- final years (in life)
Reading
Kana
ばんねん
Romaji
bannen
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12定年
ていねん
minimum years of service at a particular rank before eligibility for promotion (in the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy)
Example Sentences
2晩年のトムはボストンで過ごした。
Tom spent the last years of his life in Boston.
アイザック・ニュートンは近代科学の祖とたびたび言われるが、彼の晩年はもっぱら錬金術を研究していた。
Isaac Newton is often referred to as the founder of modern science, but his final years were solely devoted to the study of alchemy.