"何年" meaning in Japanese

See 何年 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: [nã̠nːẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 何年 [canonical] (ruby: (なん), (ねん)), nannen [romanization]
Etymology: 何 (nan, “how many”) + 年 (nen, “year”) Etymology templates: {{com|ja|何|年|sort=なんねん|t1=how many|t2=year|tr1=nan|tr2=nen}} 何 (nan, “how many”) + 年 (nen, “year”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|なんねん}} 何(なん)年(ねん) • (nannen)
  1. how many years, what year
    Sense id: en-何年-ja-pron-r6YVnliB Categories (other): Japanese interrogative pronouns, Japanese pronouns, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese interrogative pronouns: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57
  2. (before も or か) multiple years
    Sense id: en-何年-ja-pron-9IYY1SL7 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese interrogative pronouns, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese pronouns, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Years Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Japanese interrogative pronouns: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 20 80 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 25 75 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 39 61 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Years: 44 56
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        "tr2": "nen"
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      "name": "com"
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  "etymology_text": "何 (nan, “how many”) + 年 (nen, “year”)",
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    }
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        "(before も or か) multiple years"
      ],
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      "other": "なんねん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nã̠nːẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "何年"
}
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    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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