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サクネン
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
Literary
1. last year
Alt. forms
昨さく年ねん
99%
サクネン
Pitch accent
サ
クネン
Composed of
last (year); yesterday
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
since last year
two years before last (year); three years back; three years ago
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Examples (69 in total)
We had much rain last year.
I remember seeing you last year.
She was born last year.
There was a lot of snow last year.
My father died last year.
Last year, we traveled to London.
There were a lot of murders last year.
The death penalty was done away with last year.
She left the stage last year.
My daughter graduated from high school last year.
This year's harvest will fall short of last year.
He visited Kyoto last year.
He failed in his business last year.
The Japanese economy grew by 4% last year.
Was he in Hokkaido last year?
This year's fashions are different from those of last year.
Helen came to Japan last year.
He intended to have visited Naples last year.
Tom died in October last year.
Imports exceeded exports last year.
To tell the truth, we got married last year.
My brother died of cancer last year.
I traveled to Australia last summer.
He had a new house built last year.
Prices have been rising since last year.
I was in Boston in May of last year.
He made a will last year.
A bicycle race was held in Nagoya last year.
You've changed since I saw you last year.
Did that accident really happen last year?
We climbed the mountain last year.
This is the hotel where we stayed last year.
Last year, he spent three months at sea.
We went to Hawaii last year for the first time.
I went to Vienna for the first time last year.
We climbed Mt. Fuji last summer.
We worked on a farm last summer.
We have not heard from him since last year.
I started sailing last year.
Two hundred people died of cholera last year.
Last year was a period of economic uncertainty.
He was traveling in the Philippines this time last year.
The new library has been under construction since last year.
Last year we went on a trip around the world.
The output is way below last year's level.
We had less snow this winter than last.
Last year, I saw at least fifty movies.
She first came into contact with Japanese culture last year.
We met last year and hope to meet again next year.
This song was written by Phil last year.
He got into this school in September last year.
This problem is akin to the one we had last year.
Spring has come later this year compared with last year.
Exports in January were up 20% over the same period of last year.
It was exceptionally cold last summer, and the rice crop was the worst in 10 years.
Japan's foreign direct investment reached $10 billion last year.
I remember being introduced to him at a party last year.
I'll never forget shaking the President's hand last year.
He went to America last year to brush up his English.
Foreign direct investments in China amounted to $3 billion last year.
We enjoyed watching the fireworks on a bridge last summer.
I spent a week in Florence last year. I'm sure you'll like it.
The company's exports to India amounted to $100 million last year.
Last year I returned home and was surprised to find both the village and the people completely changed.
I will never forget meeting that popular writer last year.
I went to every modern art show that took place in Tokyo last year.
My hens laid fewer eggs last year.
That mountain whose top is covered with snow is the one that we climbed last summer.
Last year when I was in the United States, I had almost no opportunity to speak Japanese.