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Meanings

noun, noun, used as a suffix

fiscal year; financial year

In Japan, typically April 1 to March 31. Used for government, corporate, and institutional accounting periods.

2025年ねん度どの予よ算さん案あんが国こっ会かいで審しん議ぎされている。
The budget for fiscal year 2025 is being deliberated in the Diet.
当とう社しゃの決けっ算さん期きは3月がつなので、年ねん度ど末まつは忙いそがしい。
Our company's financial year ends in March, so the end of the fiscal year is busy.

noun, noun, used as a suffix

academic year; school year

In Japan, usually starts in April and ends in March. Used for school calendars, curricula, and student cohorts.

2024年ねん度どの入にゅう学がく生せいから新しんカリキュラムが適てき用ようされる。
The new curriculum will apply to students entering in the 2024 academic year.
彼かれは2023年ねん度どの卒そつ業ぎょう生せいです。
He is a graduate of the 2023 school year.

noun, noun, used as a suffix

model year; product year

Used for product cycles, especially in manufacturing and automotive contexts. Less common than fiscal or academic year.

この車くるまは2022年ねん度どモデルです。
This car is the 2022 model year.

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Usage patterns

年ねん度どが始はじまるthe fiscal/school year begins
新あたらしい年ねん度どが始はじまると、クラス編へん成せいが変かわる。
When the new school year begins, the class assignments change.
年ねん度どが終おわるthe fiscal/school year ends
3月がつで今いまの年ねん度どが終おわる。
The current fiscal year ends in March.
年ねん度ど内ないに〈事こと〉within the (fiscal/school) year
年ねん度ど内ないに予よ算さんを使つかい切きる必ひつ要ようがある。
We need to use up the budget within the fiscal year.
〈数すう〉年ねん度どの予よ算さんを編へん成せいするto draw up the budget for a given fiscal year
来らい週しゅう、2024年ねん度どの予よ算さんを編へん成せいする会かい議ぎがある。
There's a meeting next week to draw up the budget for fiscal year 2024.

Expressions

学がく年ねん度どschool year; academic year

Kanji

年year, counter for years
度degrees, occurrence, time

Related words

会かい計けい年ねん度ど sense 1
会計年度 specifically means the fiscal year used for accounting purposes, while 年度 is the broader term that can also cover academic or model years.
年ねんN5
年 is the general word for a calendar year, while 年度 refers to a specific institutional year (fiscal, academic, etc.) that often runs April to March instead of January to December.
学がく年ねんN3
年度 refers to a fiscal or administrative year period, while 学年 specifically refers to a student's school year or grade level.
年ねん次じ
年度 refers to a fiscal or academic year as a defined period, while 年次 emphasizes the sequential order or annual recurrence of something.
初しょ年ねん度ど
年度 means a fiscal or academic year in general, whereas 初年度 specifies the very first such year of a program or period.

Don't confuse with

学がく年ねんN3sense 2
学年 refers to a grade level or cohort of students in school, whereas 年度 refers to the twelve-month administrative period itself.
年ねん間かんN3
年度 refers to a defined fiscal or school year with fixed start and end dates, while 年間 simply denotes a duration of about one year without fixing those dates.

Word family· 15

前ぜん年ねん度ど
preceding fiscal year; previous fiscal year
今こん年ねん度どN2
this fiscal year; this school year; this year
来らい年ねん度ど
next fiscal year; next year
昨さく年ねん度ど
last fiscal year; previous academic year
過か年ねん度ど
past financial year; previous fiscal year

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次じ年ねん度どN2
next fiscal year; following year
年ねん度ど末まつ
end of the fiscal year; end of the school year
明みょう年ねん度ど
next fiscal year; next year (in official contexts)
本ほん年ねん度ど
this fiscal year; this academic year; current year (institutional)
翌よく年ねん度ど
next fiscal year; next academic year; next calendar year
事じ業ぎょう年ねん度ど
fiscal year; business year
会かい計けい年ねん度ど
fiscal year; financial year
営えい業ぎょう年ねん度ど
fiscal year; financial year
年ねん度ど初はじめ
beginning of the fiscal year; start of the academic year
財ざい政せい年ねん度ど
fiscal year; financial year

Etymology

Compound of 年 (year) and 度 (time, occasion). The meaning 'institutional year' developed from the idea of a recurring annual period for accounting or administration.