Illustration: At a rural sawmill, a freshly cut trunk rests with its broad cross-section facing a visiting child and the viewer. Distinct nested rings spread from the center to the rough bark, with naturally uneven spacing and one small knot.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

年ねん輪りん

nenrin

tree ring, growth ring

Example sentences

  1. 板いたは年輪ねんりんに沿そって割わられたものが用もちいられる。

    The boards used are made by cutting wood along the growth rings.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 完成かんせいした蝋燭ろうそくは、断面だんめんが年輪ねんりん状じょうになる。

    The section of a finished warosoku shows an annual ring-like pattern.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. この修理しゅうりの際さい、奈良文化財研究所ならぶんかざいけんきゅうじょで塔とうの部材ぶざいを年輪ねんりん年代学ねんだいがくで調しらべたところ、794年ねんころに伐採ばっさいしたものであることが判明はんめいしている。

    During these repairs, researchers at the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties used tree-ring dating to examine the pagoda’s timbers and found that the trees had been felled around 794.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 年輪

  • 年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし
  • 輪wheel; ringOnリンKunわ

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