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累年 (ruinen) Japanese meaning: successive years | Kotomora
じ 字 Furigana
Kanji 累 accumulate, involvement, trouble Related words 年ねん 々ねん 年々 means 'year by year' or 'annually', focusing on each individual year's change, while 累年 emphasizes the accumulation or continuation over a span of years.
長なが 年ねん 長年 means 'for many years' and is more common in everyday speech. 累年 is more formal and often used in written or statistical contexts.
Etymology Compound of 累 (accumulate) and 年 (year). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows standard Sino-Japanese word formation patterns.
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In this region, the population has been declining over the years.