光年

こうねん

light-year

What does 光年 mean?

光年 is a Japanese noun meaning light-year in English. It is written as 光年 in kanji, こうねん in hiragana, and kounen in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

この世界は、あなたたちの住む世界から遥か3億光年離れた位置にあります。

This world is a distant three hundred million light years away from the world where you live.