十じゅう箇か年ねん

Meanings

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noun-modifying (irregular)

decennial; recurring every ten years

Prenominal modifier used in formal or official contexts to describe events, plans, or surveys that occur every ten years.

十じゅう箇か年ねん計けい画かくの見み直なおしが行おこなわれた。
The decennial plan was reviewed.
十じゅうカ年ねんごとの国こく勢せい調ちょう査さが実じっ施しされる。
A national census is conducted every ten years.

Kanji

十ten
箇counter for articles
年year, counter for years

Written forms

十じゅう箇か年ねん
Standard kanji spelling using 箇 as the counter.
十じゅうカ年ねん
Common variant using katakana カ for the counter.
十ヵ年じゅうかねん
Variant using small katakana ヵ.
十ヶ年じゅうかねん
Variant using small katakana ヶ.
十じゅうか年ねん
Variant using hiragana か.
十ケ年じゅうかねん
Variant using full-width katakana ケ; less common.
１０じゅう箇か年ねん
Variant using Arabic numeral 10.
１０じゅうカ年ねん
Variant using Arabic numeral and katakana カ.
１０ヵ年じゅうかねん
Variant using Arabic numeral and small katakana ヵ.
１０ヶ年じゅうかねん
Variant using Arabic numeral and small katakana ヶ.
１０じゅうか年ねん
Variant using Arabic numeral and hiragana か.
１０ケ年じゅうかねん
Variant using Arabic numeral and full-width katakana ケ; less common.

Etymology

Compound of 十 (ten) + counter 箇/カ/か (counter for items) + 年 (year). The counter variant spellings are all read as か.