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去年 (きょねん) — last year | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

去年

きょねん

adverb

Meanings

1last year

Example sentence

去年、日本へ行きました。

きょねん、にほんへいきました。

I went to Japan last year.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

去Gone, Past, Quit5 strokes 年Year, Counter For Years6 strokes

More words with 去

立ち去るたちさる · to leaveN1 死去しきょ · death 除去じょきょ · removal 撤去てっきょ · removal 去るさる · to leaveN3 連れ去る

Full entry on Jisho

つれさる · to take (someone) away

置き去りおきざり · leaving behind

退去たいきょ · departure

More words with 年

年輪ねんりん · annual tree ringN1 年号ねんごう · name of an eraN1 年長ねんちょう · seniorityN1 同い年おないどし · of the same ageN1 定年ていねん · retirement ageN1 晩年ばんねん · (one's) last yearsN1 一昨年いっさくねん · year before lastN2 年頃としごろ · ageN1

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