前ぜん年ねん

zennen

the previous year

It refers to the year before a stated year. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれは前年ぜんねんに死しんだ。
He died last year.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
なお、前年ぜんねんに家督かとくを息子むすこの隆康たかやすに譲ゆずっていたという。
Moreover, it is said that he transferred the family estate to his son Takayasu in the previous year.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
ただし、兄あにが前年ぜんねんに亡なくなっていたため、事実上じじつじょうの長男ちょうなんとして育そだてられる。
However, since his older brother had died the year before, he was raised as the de facto first son.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source