Illustration: During New Year's preparations in a Japanese home, a parent holds an unlettered photograph taken at the previous New Year's celebration beside the same low table. In the photograph, their toddler barely stands with support next to a stacked kagami mochi.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

去きょ年ねん

kyonen

last year

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょは去年きょねん結婚けっこんした。

    She got married last year.

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  2. 私わたしは去年きょねん日本にっぽんに来きました。

    I came to Japan last year.

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  3. 去年きょねんは雨あめが多おおかった。

    We had a lot of rain last year.

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Kanji in 去年

  • 去leave; pastOnキョ・コKunさる
  • 年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし

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