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越年

えつねん

nountransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1seeing the old year out
2greeting the New Year
3passing the winter
4playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game

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Kanji in this word

越Surpass, Cross Over, Move To12 strokes 年Year, Counter For Years6 strokes

More words with 越

引っ越しひっこし · moving (dwelling, office, etc.)越えるこえる · to exceedN3 勝ち越しかちこし · having more wins than losses 乗り越えるのりこえる · to climb over 引っ越すひっこす · to move to a new place of residenceN4

Full entry on Jisho

上越

じょうえつ · area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata

乗り越すのりこす · to ride past (one's stop)

乗り越しのりこし · riding past (one's station)N2

More words with 年

～年～ねん · ~ yearsN5 今年ことし · this yearN5 年とし · yearN5 一昨年いっさくねん · year before lastN2 少年しょうねん · boysN3 年間ねんかん · yearN3 年齢ねんれい · ageN3 来年らいねん · next yearN5