Word Meaning 前年

ぜんねん zennen

前年 is read as ぜんねん (zennen) and means the preceding year.

Meaning

English

  1. the preceding year
  2. the previous year
  3. last year

Reading

Kana

ぜんねん

Romaji

zennen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 来年,翌年 Rank 3133 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

前年度

ぜんねんど

preceding fiscal year

前年同月比

ぜんねんどうげつひ

compared to the same month the previous year (e.g. in statistics, sales, electricity usage)

前年比

ぜんねんひ

year on year

前年同期

ぜんねんどうき

year-before period

数年前

すうねんまえ

a few years ago

対前年比

たいぜんねんひ

relative change from last year

前半

ぜんはん

first half

前日

まえび

previous day

前後

ぜんご

before and after

前もって

まえもって

in advance

さき

future

ぜん

before

Example Sentences

4

He died last year.

What was the gross income in the previous calendar year?

As a general rule, the pension amount is based on price changes in the previous year.

When Chokichi thought listlessly about this winter, and the similar winter before and the one before that, he vividly experienced the fact that as people grow older, they gradually lose their happiness.