also: ネズミどし
noun
year of the Rat
Refers to the year of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac. Used in contexts such as age, birth year, and astrology.
来年は子年です。
Next year is the year of the Rat.
私は子年生まれです。
I was born in the year of the Rat.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; common in everyday writing.
Katakana variant of ねずみ年, sometimes used for emphasis or style.
From 子 (the first sign of the Chinese zodiac, associated with the rat) and 年 (year). The reading ねずみどし is a kun'yomi compound; ねどし is a contracted reading.