ねん

Japanese

ねん • (nen)

(Kansai) Sentence-final particle used for emphasis.
なんでやねん！
Nande ya nen!
Why the hell?!

Often sees humorous usage outside of the actual Kansai area.

For pronunciation and definitions of ねん – see the following entries.

【年】1	[counter] years [noun] a year [suffix] a grade, a school year [suffix] a year

【念】4	[noun] sense [noun] feeling

(This term, ねん (nen), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ねん, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ねん.)