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JLPT N4adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

数すう年ねん前まえ

suunenmae

a few years ago

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは数年前すうねんまえボストンに住すんでいた。

    I was living in Boston a few years ago.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 僕ぼくたち、数年前すうねんまえにヨーロッパで出会であったんだ。

    We met in Europe a few years ago.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 数年前すうねんまえは東京とうきょうに住すんでいたが、今いまは京都きょうとに住すんでいる。

    I lived in Tokyo a few years ago, but now I live in Kyoto.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 数年前

  • 数number; strengthOnスウ・ス・サクKunかず・かぞえる・しばしば
  • 年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし
  • 前in front; beforeOnゼンKunまえ

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