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JLPT N5 · Noun / adverb

おととし (ototoshi)

おととし is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “year before last”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
おととし
Romaji
ototoshi
Word class
Noun / adverb
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. year before last · noun, adverb

Example sentences

彼女は、一昨年よりもはるかに暮らし向きがよい。
She's far better off than she was the year before last.
Tatoeba #93768

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1576060 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.