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定年 (ていねん): retirement age — Japanese vocabulary

定年 is read ていねん and means "retirement age". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

定年

Reading
ていねん · teinen
Translation
retirement age
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ていねんが

Example

こんな裁判官は、定年より前に引退する方がよい。

こんなさいばんかんは、ていねんよりまえにいんたいするほうがよい。

Such a judge should retire from his job before retirement age.

Kanji in this word

  • 定 — fix, decide
  • 年 — year

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