例年 – Vocabulary details

例れい年ねん

Adverb

Noun

1. average (normal, ordinary) year

2. every year; annually

example

year

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いねん

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

unusually (compared to a typical year)

今こ年としは例れい年ねんより桜さくらは早はやいだろう。

The cherry blossoms will come out earlier than usual.

例れい年ねんになく寒さむい冬ふゆだそうですね。

I hear that you are having an unusually cold winter.

その冬ふゆは例れい年ねんになく暖あたたかかった。

That winter was unusually mild.

お祭まつりは今こ年としも例れい年ねん通とおり開かい催さいされた。

The festivities were held as usual this year.

マラソン大たい会かいは、例れい年ねん10月じゅうがつの第だい一いち日にち曜ように開かい催さいされます。

The marathon always takes place on the first Sunday in October.

私わたしたちは今こ年としは例れい年ねんになく暑あつい夏なつを経けい験けんしそうだ。

We are in for an unusually hot summer this year.

今こ年としは桜さくらの開かい花かが例れい年ねんよりも少すこし遅おくれている。

This year the cherry blossoms are coming out a little later than usual.

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