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年がら年中ねんがらねんじゅうN1Expressionsall year round; all the time; year in and year out
人生僅か五十年じんせいわずかごじゅうねんExpressionslife is short; life is just fifty years
ここで会ったが百年目ここであったがひゃくねんめExpressionsat last your time has come; I have found you at last
何年ぶりかなんねんぶりかExpressionsfor the first time in years
失われた１０年うしなわれたじゅうねんExpressionslost decade; decade of economic stagnation
失われた２０年うしなわれたにじゅうねんExpressionslost two decades; Japan's economic stagnation from the early 1990s
失われた３０年うしなわれたさんじゅうねんExpressionslost thirty years; lost decades; Japan's post-bubble economic stagnation
少年よ、大志を抱けしょうねんよ、たいしをいだけExpressionsboys, be ambitious
年ぶりねんぶりExpressionsfor the first time in ... years; after ... years
年に一度ねんにいちどExpressionsonce a year
２０００年対応にせんねんたいおうExpressionsY2K compliant
年が明けるねんがあけるExpressionsone's term of service expires
年末までねんまつまでExpressionsbefore the end of this year
幾年にもわたるいくねんにもわたるExpressionsextending over many years; spanning several years
当年とってとうねんとってExpressions... years old this year
新年になるしんねんになるExpressionsthe New Year begins; the New Year starts
明治十四年の政変めいじじゅうよねんのせいへんExpressionsMeiji 14 political upheaval; ousting of Ōkuma Shigenobu and his supporters (1881)
有余年ゆうよねんExpressionsmore than ... years; -odd years
桃栗三年柿八年ももくりさんねんかきはちねんExpressionsit often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; peach and chestnut seeds take three years, persimmons take eight
盛年重ねて来たらずせいねんかさねてきたらずExpressionstime and tide wait for no man