なんねん

[何年] ①［年数］

¶私は～もこの店と取引がある

I've dealt with this store for years.

¶「結婚して～ですか」「ちょうど10年です」

“How long have you been married?” “Just for ten years.”

¶彼は～もの苦労で気難しくなっていた

Many years of hardship had soured him.

②［年度］

¶今年は～ですか

What year is this?

¶50～50

odd years 《51年～59年まで》.

何年
what year
how many years

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なんねん【何年】

①［年数］

¶私は～もこの店と取引がある

I've dealt with this store for years.

¶「結婚して～ですか」「ちょうど10年です」

“How long have you been married?” “Just for ten years. ”

¶彼は～もの苦労で気難しくなっていた

Many years of hardship had soured him.

②［年度］

¶今年は～ですか

What year is this?

¶50～50

odd years 《51年～59年まで》.

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なんねん【何年】

1 〔年数〕 how many years; how long.

●50何年(か)前 fifty-some[-odd] years ago

・今年の米は何年来の不作だった. This year's rice crop was the worst in many years.

●あれから何年になるかなあ. How many years has it been since then?

●何年もの間 for (many) years; over the years; for years and years

・もう何年も彼に会っていない. I haven't seen him for [《米》 in] years.

●こちらには何年お住まいですか. How long have you lived here?

・この苗木が実をつけるのは何年か先のことだ. It will be years before these seedlings bear fruit.

・何年でもあなたが戻ってくるのを待っています. I'll wait for you to come back no matter how many years it takes.

2 〔年代〕 what year.

●君は何年生まれ? In what year were you born?

・そのワインは何年物ですか? What year is that wine (from)?

●彼はたしか 1950何年の生まれだったと思う. As I recall, he was born in the 1950s.

●新憲法の公布は昭和何年だったかな. In what year of Shōwa was the new Constitution promulgated?

II

なんねん【難燃】

resistance to flame.

難燃剤 【化】 a flame retarder [retardant].

難燃処理 〔不燃加工･防火加工〕 fireproofing.

難燃性 incombustibility.

●難燃性の flame-resistant; noncombustible; flame-retardant.