Word Meaning 来年

らいねん rainen

来年 is read as らいねん (rainen) and means next year.

Meaning

English

  1. next year

Reading

Kana

らいねん

Romaji

rainen

Writing Variants

  • 來年 らいねん rainen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 去年,昨年,前年 Rank 3306 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

来年度

らいねんど

next year

再来年

さらいねん

year after next

年来

ねんらい

for some years

昨年来

さくねんらい

since last year

数年来

すうねんらい

several years standing

年初来高値

ねんしょらいたかね

yearly high (stocks)

来日

らいにち

arrival in Japan

来月

らいげつ

next month

らい

next (year, spring, etc.)

来る

くる

to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")

Example Sentences

10

いもうとはらいねんこうこうにはいる。

My younger sister will enter high school next year.

Next year is the year of the rabbit.

Next year is the year of the rabbit.

We're leaving next year.

Next year is a leap year.

I'll be thirty next year.

I will be sixteen years old next year.

I will go abroad next year.

She'll be getting married next year.

I'm returning to my home country the year after next.