三年
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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三 | 年 |
さん Grade: 1 | ねん Grade: 1 |
goon |
三 (san, “three”) + 年 (-nen, “year”)
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) さんねん [sàńnéń] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [sã̠nːẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
三年 • (sannen)
- three years; the third year
- 三年ぶりに回る。 ― Sannen buri ni mawaru. ― [It] has come around after three years.
- (education) the third school year
- 三年生 ― sannen-sei ― a third-year student
- Coordinate terms: 一年, 五年, 二年, 四年, 六年
- 2015 March 10 [2014/12/10], Shiozaki, Yūji, “第百五拾九話 [Chapter 159]”, in 一騎当千 [One vs. Thousands], volume 23 (fiction), 2 edition, Tokyo: Wani Books, page 130:
- 大和学院三年 新免武蔵
- Yamato Gakuin sannen Shinmen Takezō
- Yamato Academy senior, Shinmen Takezō
- (figuratively) a long period of time, several years
Usage notes
Lower secondary school (middle school, junior high school) and secondary school (high school) each last three years in the contemporary Japanese educational system.
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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三 | 年 |
み Grade: 1 | とせ Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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三歳 |
三 (mi, “three”) + 年 (-tose, “year”)
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) みとせ [mìtósé] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [mʲito̞se̞]
Noun
三年 • (mitose)
- three years; triennial
- a. 10th century, 伊勢物語 (The Tales of Ise), volume 24:
- あらたまの年の三とせを待ちわびてただ
- Aratama no toshi no mitose o machiwabiteta da
- We have been waiting impatiently for year three to arrive
- あらたまの年の三とせを待ちわびてただ
- a. 10th century, 伊勢物語 (The Tales of Ise), volume 24:
- three years old
- Synonym: 三歳 (sansai)
Usage notes
The reading みとせ is less common and may be more restricted in usage than さんねん.
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan “さんねん 【三年】”
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan “みとせ 【三歳・三年】”