年末

ねんまつ

Meanings

1. Noun, Adverb end-of-year; year-end

Kanji

• 年 year. Read as ネン.
• 末 end. Read as マツ.

Example sentences

• 年末は猫の手も借りたいほど忙しくなる。
  We become very shorthanded at the end of the year.
• 年末までこの本を読み続けるだろう。
  We shall go on reading this book until the end of the year.
• 年末までには運転免許を取得しているでしょう。
  I will have obtained a driver's license by the end of the year.
• 日本では年末になると年中行事のように各地で第九の演奏会が開かれる。
  At the end of the year in Japan, concerts of Beethoven's Ninth are held in various regions as if it's an annual event.
• 年末までに30件の家を建てることが目標です。
  Our goal is to build thirty houses before the end of the year.

Words containing 年末

• 年末年始 (ねんまつねんし) year-end and New Year holidays (e.g. from December 29 to January 3)
• 年末調整 (ねんまつちょうせい) year-end tax adjustment
• 年末商戦 (ねんまつしょうせん) battle for sales at year-end

And 6 more.

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