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[ひゃく()·ねん()]
hyakunen
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[もも()·とせ()]
momotose
[もも()·とせ()]
momotose

Root Words:

[ひゃく() + ねん()]
hyaku + nen

English Meaning(s) for 百年

noun
  1. century; hundred years; a long time

Definition and Synonyms for 百年

Years a prolonged period of time
Synonyms: 千年, 千秋, 多年, 年月, 百世, 百年, 積年, 長年, 長日月, 長期, 長期間, 長い間

Meanings for each kanji in 百年

» hundred
» year; counter for years

Categories 百年 is a member of

Period an amount of time
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 百年

Sample Sentences for 百年

It goes back, Personnel Officer Paula Grayson told us, to the way many employers used to pay their employees a hundred years ago.
It will be all the same a hundred years hence.
We celebrated the centenary anniversary day.
A hundred years is called a century.
This novel describes the life of the Japanese as it was a hundred years ago.

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