Vocabulary

What does 去年 (きょねん, kyonen) mean?

去年 (きょねん, kyonen) means last year.

Quick facts
Readingきょねん
Romajikyonen
Part of speechnoun, adverb
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N5
きょねん
N5 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonkyonen

last year

GenkiGenki 14
  1. 1noun · adverb last year

Example sentences

  • Last year, I bought a car.

  • I went to Japan last year.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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