noun, adverb
all year round; throughout the year
Describes something that continues or happens during the entire year, without seasonal interruption. Often used adverbially.
この店は一年中無休です。
This shop is open all year round.
彼は一年中忙しい。
He is busy throughout the year.
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
Variant using the numeral １ instead of 一; seen in informal or space-constrained writing.
年中 also means 'all year round' but can additionally mean 'always' or 'constantly' in a broader sense, not limited to the calendar year.
Compound of 一年 (one year) and 中 (throughout, within). The reading じゅう is the rendaku form of ちゅう.