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What does 学年 (がくねん, gakunen) mean?

学年 (がくねん, gakunen) means school year, grade level.

Quick facts
Readingがくねん
Romajigakunen
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
がくねん
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommongakunen

school year, grade level

  1. 1noun academic year; school year
  2. 2noun year in school; grade in school

Example sentences

  • My younger brother is two school years below me.

  • The new school year starts in April.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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