さんねん
Meanings
Noun
1. three years
Kanji used
year
Pitch accent
んねん
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Composed of
three; 3
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Examples (70 in total)
Three years have passed since then.
It's been three years since my father died.
It's been three years since my younger sister got married.
What will things be like in three years?
Where were you living three years ago?
The war began three years later.
It's been three years since we got married.
I can't believe three years has already gone by.
I lived here for three years.
My grandfather passed away three years ago.
I want to stay in America for a few years.
It's been three years since I've had a real vacation.
I taught Tom three years ago.
"How long have you been in Australia for?" "Three years."
He was sentenced to three years in jail.
This picture is from three years ago.
The first time I saw it was three years ago.
I haven't seen him for about three years.
Solving the problem took three years.
Our car is three years older than yours.
I was in the third year of middle school last year.
The meeting is held once in three years.
I bought this umbrella three years ago.
I planted this tree three years ago.
He has lived in Kobe for three years.
Tom has been studying French for three years.
Prices have been stable for the past three years.
Tom lived downtown for three years.
I have three years left until retirement.
My driver's license is valid for another three years.
Their only son has been dead for three years.
They won the Japan Cup three years in succession.
It took me three years to write this book.
I think three years is a long time.
We found out that he had been dead for three years.
That was three and a half years ago.
That song was very popular three years ago.
This is the same hotel I stayed in three years ago.
We have been studying English for three years now.
I have made up my mind to achieve my goals in three years.
I recently broke up with my boyfriend of three years.
The prince was confined in the castle for three years.
I spent three years looking for a good director, but couldn't find one.
I haven't worn this tie in almost three years.
It's been three years since Bob started his own business.
The hospital was barred from doing business for three years.
Mr. Smith lived in Kyoto three years ago.
She depended on her uncle for her school expenses for three years.
3 years ago, Tom fell down the stairs and broke his bones.
It took nearly three years to build that bridge.
I lived in Boston for three years before moving to Chicago.
They moved here three years ago.
Carol has been studying Spanish for three years.
I joined the golf club three years ago.
I put the money in a three-year time deposit at the bank.
She got her master's degree three years ago.
I have lived in Sasayama for three years.
Tom drowned in Lake Superior three years ago.
I remember you. We met three years ago.
In the last three years, a lot of new buildings have been built around here.
Even if it takes you three years, you must accomplish your goal.
As far as I can remember, it was three years ago that we last met.
He had been working in the factory for three years when the accident occurred.
After I graduated from college, I moved back home and lived with my parents for three years.
It's been three years since my sister got married.
She has kept a diary for 3 years.
It's quite difficult to master French in 2 or 3 years.
I have been in Japan for three years.
It happened three years later, that is in 1965.
He wrote three books in as many years.