"生年" meaning in Japanese

See 生年 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕo̞ːnẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 生年 [canonical] (ruby: 生(しょう), 年(ねん)), shōnen [romanization], syaunen [romanization], しやうねん [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /syaunen/ → /syoːnen/ [ɕoːnen]. Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょうねん|hhira=しやうねん}} 生(しょう)年(ねん) • (shōnen) ^(←しやうねん (syaunen)?)
  1. number of years since one was born; age
    Sense id: en-生年-ja-noun-QCuyRbgI Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 1 32 32 1 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 33 33 1 33 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 49 1 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 48 3 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 49 3 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 45 10 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 48 3 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 49 3 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 2 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [se̞ːnẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 生年 [canonical] (ruby: 生(せい), 年(ねん)), seinen [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|せいねん}} 生(せい)年(ねん) • (seinen)
  1. year of birth
    Sense id: en-生年-ja-noun-J~esTlz0
  2. number of years since one was born; age
    Sense id: en-生年-ja-noun-QCuyRbgI1 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 1 32 32 1 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 33 33 1 33 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 49 1 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 48 3 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 49 3 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 45 10 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 48 3 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 49 3 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 2 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "form": "生年",
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          "年",
          "ねん"
        ]
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    },
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      "form": "shōnen",
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    },
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    },
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    }
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    }
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Download raw JSONL data for 生年 meaning in Japanese (2.6kB)

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