数年 – Vocabulary details

数すう年ねん

Meanings

Noun

1. several years; a few years

Kanji used

数

number

年

year

Pitch accent

す

うねん

Used in: 2672

Composed of

数すう

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

年ねん

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)

数すう年ねん前まえ

a few years ago; some years back

数すう年ねん後ご

a few years later

数すう年ねん間かん

several years

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Examples (12 in total)

数すう年ねんが過すぎ去さった。

Several years went by.

ここ数すう年ねん、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数すう年ねん、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数すう年ねんで始はじまる。

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

ここ数すう年ねんで事じ故この数かずは増ふえた。

The number of traffic accidents has increased in recent years.

そういえばここ数すう年ねんガムかんでないな。

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

彼かれは数すう年ねん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.

ここ数すう年ねん、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.

大たい気きの質しつは過か去こ数すう年ねんにおいて悪あっ化かした。

Air quality has deteriorated these past few years.

私わたしは数すう年ねん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.

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数すう年ねんを過すごした。

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

ここ数すう年ねん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。