Illustration: In a Japanese home on a cold evening, a family finishes its thorough year-end cleaning while preparing bowls of soba. One adult takes down freshly washed curtains, another drains noodles in the kitchen, and a child wipes the final section of the low table.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

年ねん末まつ

nenmatsu

end of the year

Example sentences

  1. 年末ねんまつはいつも忙いそがしい。

    The year-end is always a busy time.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 年末ねんまつです。

    It’s the end of the year.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 年末ねんまつまでこの本ほんを読よみ続つづけるだろう。

    We shall go on reading this book until the end of the year.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 年末

  • 年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし
  • 末end; closeOnマツ・バツKunすえ・うら・うれ

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