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定年

停年

Reading

Kana: ていねん
Romaji: teinen
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

retirement age

2

years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion

Note: archaism

Kanji

Readings: テイ、 ジョウ、 さだ.める、 さだ.まる、 さだ.か
Meanings: determine, fix, establish, decide
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: テイ、 と.める、 と.まる
Meanings: halt, stopping

Example Sentences

(わたし)定年(ていねん)まで3(ねん)(のこ)っている。
➥I have three years left until retirement.
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(かれ)定年(ていねん)まで大過(たいか)なく(つと)めあげた。
➥He served without any serious errors until he reached retirement age.
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(かれ)定年後(ていねんご)生活(せいかつ)不幸(ふこう)なものであった。
➥His life after retirement was unhappy.
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(わたし)会社(かいしゃ)では60(さい)定年(ていねん)である。
➥At our company, the retirement age is 60.
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(かれ)は60(さい)のとき定年(ていねん)会社(かいしゃ)()めた。
➥He retired from the company at the age of 60.
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(ちち)は、定年(ていねん)までには、(やく)30(ねん)(はたら)くことになる。
➥By the time he retires, my father will have worked for almost thirty years.
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