すうねん – Vocabulary details

すうねん

Meanings

Noun

1. several years; a few years

Alt. forms

数すう年ねん

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すうねん

Pitch accent

す

うねん

Composed of

すう

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

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)

すうねんかん

several years

すうねんまえ

a few years ago; some years back

すうねんご

a few years later

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Examples (12 in total)

すうねんが過すぎ去さった。

Several years went by.

ここすうねん、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すうねん、流りゅう行こうしています。

Gardening has been popular for some years.

ここすう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.

そういえばここすうねんガムかんでないな。

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

彼かれはすう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.

ここすうねん、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すうねんにおいて悪あっ化かした。

Air quality has deteriorated these past few years.

私わたしはすう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.

彼かれは故こ郷きょうの村むらに帰かえって、そこで最さい後ごのすうねんを過すごした。

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

ここすう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。

The quality of their products has gone down over the years.

２１世せい紀きはほんのすうねんで始はじまる。