Meaning of 年下 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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年下
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Kana Readingとしした
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Romajitoshishita
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- younger; junior
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Example Sentences
年下, としした used in context
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Her name was Linda, and she was a year younger than Tony.
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My sister is three years younger than I and my brother is four years younger.
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My sister is three years younger than I and my brother is four years younger.
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My mother is two years younger than my father.
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She is two years younger than me.
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She is five years his junior.
Related Kanji
Kanji found in this word
below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
On: カ, ゲ
Kun: した, しも, もと, さ.げる, さ.がる, くだ.る, くだ.り, くだ.す, -くだ.す, くだ.さる, お.ろす, お.りる
3 strokes
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