いちねん
Meanings
Noun
1. one year; some time ago
Pitch accent
ねん
Composed of
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
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 (12 in total)
annual (plant); first-year student
one year ago
all year round
Examples (26 in total)
It happened more than a year ago.
They split up after a year of marriage.
It's the most wonderful time of the year.
These shoes have lasted one year.
A year has passed since he died.
It's the best season of the year.
There are four seasons in a year.
December is the last month of the year.
Can you pay off your loans in a year?
It is just a year since I got married.
I can't believe it's been more than a year.
I have been writing this manuscript for a year.
This mountain is covered with snow all year round.
We all try to get together at least once a year.
This project will take at least a year to finish.
Jane will never forget this past year. Neither will we.
Tom intends to live in Boston for more than a year.
No matter how hard you may study English, you cannot master it in a year or so.
What time of year do you usually like to spend time on the beach?
He has been in Tokyo for a year.
April is the fourth month of the year.
The earth goes around the sun once a year.
In Hawaii you can swim in the sea all year.
What do you think were the year's ten biggest items of news?
Tom has a party two or three times a year.
There was a phone call from a 50-year old man who had been told he had a year left to live due to heart disease.