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学年

がくねん

school year, grade

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Examples

  1. 学年が上がった。

    がくねんがあがった。

    I moved up a grade.

  2. 弟とは学年が二つ違う。

    おとうととはがくねんがふたつちがう。

    My younger brother is two school years below me.

  3. 新しい学年は四月に始まります。

    あたらしいがくねんはしがつにはじまります。

    The new school year begins in April.

Common patterns

学年が上がる
to move up a grade
同じ学年
the same school year
学年末
the end of the school year

Memory tip

学年 covers both "which grade you're in" and "the school year" as a span of time. 同じ学年 means classmates by year — not quite the same as 同い年 (same age), since April birthdays split the two.

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