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年

とし

year

Mnemonic

A whole new one has just started and it is still completely empty. Somebody raises a toast とし to it, which is all anybody ever does about it: とし.

Worth knowing

Same kanji as 年 ねん, which only counts. とし is the year as a thing in itself, the reading you already met in 毎年 まいとし.

Built from

year
Originally 禾 grain over a person carrying it, one harvest, one year.

Words sharing these kanji

every year this year last year next year counter for years boy age, years

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