年ねん金きん

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

pension; annuity

Refers to a regular payment received after retirement or under a social security system. In Japan, it commonly refers to the national pension (国民年金) or employees' pension (厚生年金).

老ろう後ごは年ねん金きんで生

せい

活かつ

する

予よ

定てい

です

。

I plan to live on my pension after retirement.

年ねん金きん制せい度どについてもっと知しりたい。

I want to learn more about the pension system.

Usage patterns

年ねん金きんをもらうto receive a pension
祖そ父ふは毎まい月つき年ねん金きんをもらっている。
My grandfather receives a pension every month.
年ねん金きんを払はらうto pay pension contributions
毎まい月つき国こく民みん年ねん金きんを払はらわなければならない。
I have to pay national pension contributions every month.
年ねん金きんに加か入にゅうするto enroll in a pension plan
会かい社しゃに入はいったら厚こう生せい年ねん金きんに加か入にゅうする。
When you join a company, you enroll in the employees' pension plan.
年ねん金きん生せい活かつliving on a pension
退たい職しょく後ごは年ねん金きん生せい活かつを送おくっている。
After retirement, he lives on his pension.

Kanji

年year, counter for years
金gold

Related words

恩おん給きゅう
恩給 refers specifically to a government or military pension with a formal, historical nuance, while 年金 is the general term for any pension or annuity.
国こく民みん年ねん金きん
年金 is the general word for any pension or annuity, while 国民年金 specifically names Japan's basic national pension scheme.
厚こう生せい年ねん金きん
年金 is the general word for any pension, whereas 厚生年金 refers specifically to the employees' pension system for salaried workers in Japan.

Word family· 32

年ねん金きん額がく
pension amount; annuity
企き業ぎょう年ねん金きん
corporate pension; company pension
個こ人じん年ねん金きん
personal pension; private annuity

Written forms

年ねん金きんUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; widely used in news and official contexts.
ねんきんUsage1%

Etymology

Composed of 年 (year) and 金 (money), literally 'year money', referring to an annual or regular monetary payment.

傷しょう病びょう年ねん金きん

pension for the sick and wounded; annuity for invalids

公こう的てき年ねん金きん

public pension

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厚こう生せい年ねん金きん
welfare pension; employees' pension
国こく民みん年ねん金きん
National Pension; Japanese national pension system
基き礎そ年ねん金きん
basic pension
変へん額がく年ねん金きん
variable annuity
年ねん金きん保ほ険けん
annuity insurance; pension insurance

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