Word Meaning 数年前

すうねんまえ suunemmae

数年前 is read as すうねんまえ (suunemmae) and means a few years ago.

Meaning

English

  1. a few years ago
  2. some years back

Reading

Kana

すうねんまえ

Romaji

suunemmae

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 22341 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

数年

すうねん

several years

数億年

すうおくねん

several hundred million years

年数

ねんすう

number of years

前年同期

ぜんねんどうき

year-before period

前年

ぜんねん

the preceding year

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)

対前年比

たいぜんねんひ

relative change from last year

前年比

ぜんねんひ

year on year

法定耐用年数

ほうていたいようねんすう

statutory useful life

かず

number

数字

すうじ

numeral

Example Sentences

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I began playing golf years ago.

Tom died a couple of years ago.

I was living in Boston a few years ago.

I've known Tom for a few years.

I've been keeping a diary in Japanese for a few years now.

My mother has been learning French for several years.

We met in Europe a few years ago.

A few years back, there was only little furniture in our apartment.

Tom lived in Australia until a few years ago.

Several years ago, a bleached body was discovered in a vacant plot in the neighbourhood.