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I came across ０３年度 and ０９年度, and while the meaning is clear I didn't know the actual way of reading it. My first reaction was ゼロさんねんど, but I have no way of checking if that's right. I thought it might also be simply, さんねんど, but again I can't tell.

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detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/… 知恵袋で聞いてみました(他力本願？えへっ^^)いい答えが返ってくればいいのだけど・・・ – Chocolate Jan 31 '12 at 8:45

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I think we usually read them as さんねんど, きゅうねんど etc. I've never heard anyone say ゼロさんねんど or ゼロきゅうねんど.　I think we write that way to differentiate （西暦/A.D.）０３年度 from （平成）３年度.

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I would read it as ゼロさんねんど and ゼロきゅうねんど, and I have never imagined anyone would read differently (because of my lack of imagination). – Tsuyoshi Ito Jan 21 '12 at 0:47
@TsuyoshiIto san, Ah, really... Sorry it may be because I've never worked for a 'company' so maybe I just don't know it... I'll try to do some research and add some more information if I find anything... (or else maybe I'll take back my post...) – Chocolate Jan 21 '12 at 5:08
Just in case, I do not know if ゼロさんねんど is more common than さんねんど. I had been simply assuming incorrectly that everyone reads it as ゼロさんねんど. So please do not remove the post because of my comment. – Tsuyoshi Ito Jan 21 '12 at 5:31
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@TsuyoshiIto san...誰かもう少し良い回答を寄せて欲しいと待っていますが・・誰も来ません。難しい質問なのでしょうか。ビジネスマンとかで詳しい人いそうなのに・・ – Chocolate Jan 27 '12 at 14:58

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