JLPT N5 · Noun / adverb

去年 (kyonen)

去年 (きょねん, kyonen) is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “last year”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: きょねん
Romaji: kyonen
Word class: Noun / adverb
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

last year · noun, adverb

Example sentences

ビルは去年の秋に私に会いに来た。

Bill came to see me last autumn.

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

Kanji in 去年

去

gone, past, quitキョ・コ・さ.る・-さ.る · 5 strokes

年

year, counter for yearsネン・とし · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 去年.

去るさるto leave過去かこthe past消去しょうきょerasure立ち去るたちさるto leave年としyear年ねんyear今年ことしthis year毎年まいねんevery year来年らいねんnext yearさ来年さらいねんyear after next万年筆まんねんひつfountain pen少年しょうねんboy青年せいねんyouth年月としつきmonths and years

Source: JMdict entry 1231690 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.