Word Meaning 百年

ひゃくねん hyakunen

百年 is read as ひゃくねん (hyakunen) and means century.

Meaning

English

  1. century
  2. hundred years
  3. a long time

Reading

Kana

ひゃくねん

Romaji

hyakunen

Writing Variants

  • 百歳 ももとせ momotose
  • 百年 ももとせ momotose

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 104862 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

百年前

ひゃくねんまえ

one hundred years ago

百年の孤独

ひゃくねんのこどく

One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez)

百年戦争

ひゃくねんせんそう

Hundred Years War (1337-1453)

百年河清

ひゃくねんかせい

waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear

百年祭

ひゃくねんさい

centenary

百年目

ひゃくねんめ

the hundredth year

百年国恥

ひゃくねんこくち

century of humiliation (in Chinese history)

生誕百年

せいたんひゃくねん

100th birthday anniversary

年百年中

ねんびゃくねんじゅう

throughout the year

千九百年代

せんきゅうひゃくねんだい

the 1900s

国家百年の計

こっかひゃくねんのけい

permanent national policy

Example Sentences

6

そのきはなんびゃくねんもいきてきた。

That tree has lived for hundreds of years.

ひゃくねんまえ、このまちにはえきがなかった。

A hundred years ago, this town didn't have a station.

The house was built several hundred years ago.

The church was built hundreds of years ago.

This novel describes the life of the Japanese as it was a hundred years ago.

The fork made its way to Western tables several hundred years later, but it was not immediately accepted.