Illustration: In a Japanese family living room, a parent and child assemble an annual memory board containing twelve small monthly calendar grids without characters or numerals.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

同どう年ねん

dounen

the same year, that year

Refers to a year already mentioned. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 同年どうねん4月つき、東映とうえいに入社にゅうしゃ。

    In April the same year, he joined Toei Company, Ltd.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 同年どうねん、長女ちょうじょ・忍誕生しのぶたんじょう。

    In the same year, his daughter, Shinobu was born.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 同年どうねん2月つき、解散かいさんとなる。

    The company was liquidated in February of the same year.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 同年

  • 同same; agreeOnドウKunおなじ
  • 年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし

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