スウネン – Vocabulary details

スウネン

Meanings

Noun

1. several years; a few years

ここ数すう年ねんは、変かわっていません。It has not changed in the last few years.

Alt. forms

数すう年ねん

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スウネン

Pitch accent

ス

ウネン

Composed of

スウ

several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number

ネン

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)

スウネンマエ

a few years ago; some years back

スウネンゴ

a few years later

スウネンカン

several years

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Examples (16 in total)

すうねんスウネンが過すぎ去さった。

Several years went by.

ここすうねんスウネンは、変かわっていません。

It has not changed in the last few years.

ここすうねんスウネン、タバコは吸すってないよ。

I haven't smoked in several years.

園えん芸げいがここすうねんスウネン、流りゅう行こうしています。

Gardening has been popular for some years.

２１にじゅういっ世せい紀きはほんのすうねんスウネンで始はじまる。

The twenty-first century starts in just a few years.

ここすうねんスウネンで事じ故この数かずは増ふえた。

The number of traffic accidents has increased in recent years.

そういえばここすうねんスウネンガムかんでないな。

Come to think of it, I haven't chewed gum in years.

彼かれはすうねんスウネンで非ひ常じょうに英えい語ごに熟じゅく達たつした。

He got very proficient in English in a few years.

ここすうねんスウネン、出しゅっ生しょう率りつは低てい下かし続つづけるだろう。

The birthrate will continue to decline for years to come.

祈いのりはすうねんスウネンぶりだったが、やり方かたは体からだが覚おぼえていた。

It had been several years since I had prayed, but my body remembered how to do it.

大たい気きの質しつは過か去こすうねんスウネンにおいて悪あっ化かした。

Air quality has deteriorated these past few years.

私わたしはすうねんスウネンしたら再ふたたび日に本ほんを訪おとずれることになるでしょう。

I'll be visiting Japan again in a few years.

すうねんスウネン先さきまで予よ約やくで埋うまっていると言いわれる程ほどですね。

It is said to be fully booked for several years into the future.

彼かれは故ふる郷さとの村むらに帰かえって、そこで最さい後ごのすうねんスウネンを過すごした。

He returned to his native village, where he spent the last few years of his life.

彼かれはここすうねんスウネンは、ろくにコードを書かいたことなんてなかっただろう。

He probably hadn't written much code at all in the last few years.

ここすうねんスウネンにわたって彼かれらの製せい品ひんの質しつは落おちてきた。