annual; yearly; year (e.g. of graduation, joining a company); nth year (student, employee, etc.)
every year; year after year
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
former years; formerly; a few years ago
annual tree ring; growth ring; experience in life
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
how many years; how long; what year
every year; yearly; annually
several years; a few years
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
minority (i.e. being under age); minor; underage person
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
few decades; many decades; several decades
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
senior; elder; person older than oneself
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; one-year period
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
ten thousand years; eternity
one's later years; final years (in life)
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
whole year; all year round; throughout the year; during an era
whole year; all year round; throughout the year; during an era
whole year; all year round; throughout the year; during an era
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
young; juvenile; child in the first year of kindergarten
of long standing; long-pending; long-cherished; for years (past); over a period of years; for a long time
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
that year; same year; same age
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
New Year's greetings; New Year's call; New Year's gift
remainder of the year; rest of the year
one full year; first anniversary
the whole year; all the year
youth; minor; young people
the present year; at that time
date (year, month and day)
visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day
year of a person's death; one's age at death
several hundred million years
passing of years; lapse of time; aging; ageing
middle grades of primary school (third and fourth grades)
year of a person's birth; age
two years later; year after next
the last days; the final years; the last generation
more than ... years; -odd years
year in which an imperial memorial ceremony is held (the 3rd, 5th, 10th 20th, 50th and 100th years after death and every 100 years thereafter)
non-leap year; average year (for rainfall, temperature, etc.); normal year
Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
annual average; annual mean
8000 years; thousands of years; eternity
model year (of an automobile, etc.)
death anniversary; Buddhist anniversary service
yearly payment; annual payment; paying in yearly instalments
two years before last (year); three years back; three years ago
Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
annual rate (of interest)
adulthood (i.e. age 20 in Japan); one's majority
seeing the old year out; greeting the New Year; passing the winter; hibernation
calendar year; civil year; time; year after year
years of (someone's) birth and death
all year round; year after year
biennially; every second year; every other year
conference; annual convention
years since produced (of cars)
solar year; tropical year
age of a building; number of years since construction
facing a wall for nine years in meditation (by Bodhidharma at Shaolin Temple)
amount of a pension payment; annuity
annual; by the year; year-by-year
it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; (lit.) planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
some other year; some day
years (since the start of an era)
tens of thousands of years; eternity
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War; (lit.) fifteen years' war
death anniversary; Buddhist anniversary service
man of perennial youth; man who never loses his youthful vigor
annual range (of temperature)
age range; age-group; age bracket
mid-year; middle of the year
Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)
Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)
life is short; (lit.) life is just fifty years
drinks to celebrate the New Year (sake, wine, etc.)
expiration of a term of service
expiration of a term of service
annual parallax; heliocentric parallax; stellar parallax
tropical year; solar year
International Year of the Child
National Federation of Employees' Pensioners' Associations (abbr.)
one's actual age; one's fifties and sixties