学年
Kana: がくねん
grade (school)
Example sentence
新しい学年が始まりました。
あたらしいがくねんがはじまりました。
The new school year has started.
What 学年 means
学年 (がくねん) is a Japanese word meaning “grade (school)”. It belongs to the Concepts & Ideas topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.