年ねん生せい

suffix

nth-year student; nth-year pupil

Suffix attached to a number or ordinal to indicate a student's year in school (e.g., 一年生 for first-year student).

• 彼かれは大だい学がくの二に年ねん生せいです。

  He is a second-year university student.

• 一いち年ねん生せいのとき、日本にほん語ごを勉べん強きょうし始はじめた。

  I started studying Japanese when I was a first-year student.