十年

じゅうねん【十年】

ten years

*decade

〖C〗《やや正式》10年間

the first decade of this century 今世紀最初の10年.

¶ → 十年一日の如く

¶～一日の如く同じ事［生活］をする

go on in the same old rut.

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じゅうねん【十年】

ten years; a decade; 《文》 a decennium; a decennary; a decennial period.

●十年ごとに every ten years; 《文》 decennially.

●数十年の間 for several decades

・初めて会ったのに十年の知己のように感じた. We felt like old friends though it was the first time we met.

●あれから十年か. もうそんなになるかね. Has it been ten years since then? Time really passes quickly.

・十年なんてあっという間だね. These ten years have really flown by.

十年一日(_いちじつ)のごとく without a break [an interruption] for ten (long) years; 《continuing》 for many years; constantly; indefatigably; tirelessly.

●十年一日のごとく同じ仕事を続ける stick tirelessly to the same old job for year after year.

十年一昔 Ten years is a long time.