晩年

ばんねん

Meanings

1. Noun one's later years; final years (in life)

Kanji

• 晩 nightfall. Read as バン.
• 年 year. Read as ネン.

Example sentences

• ブラウン氏は晩年に入っている。
  Mr Brown is in the sunset of his life.
• 彼は晩年を自伝を書くことに献げた。
  He devoted the last years of his life to writing his autobiography.
• 晩年のトムはボストンで過ごした。
  Tom spent the last years of his life in Boston.
• アイザック・ニュートンは近代科学の祖とたびたび言われるが、彼の晩年はもっぱら錬金術を研究していた。
  Isaac Newton is often referred to as the founder of modern science, but his final years were solely devoted to the study of alchemy.

Common phrases

• 晩年を過ごす
• 晩年になる
• 晩年に残す

Words containing 晩年

• 最晩年 (さいばんねん) last years of one's life

Word lists

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