Word Meaning 昨年

さくねん sakunen

昨年 is read as さくねん (sakunen) and means last year.

Meaning

English

  1. last year

Reading

Kana

さくねん

Romaji

sakunen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Antonyms 来年,明年 Rank 1533 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

昨年度

さくねんど

previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)

昨年来

さくねんらい

since last year

昨年夏

さくねんなつ

summer of last year

一昨年

いっさくねん

year before last

一昨々年

さきおととし

two years before last (year)

昨日

さくじつ

yesterday

昨夜

ゆうべ

evening

昨今

さっこん

nowadays

昨夜

さくや

evening

昨晩

さくばん

last night

昨秋

さくしゅう

autumn of last year

昨春

さくしゅん

last spring

Example Sentences

10

さくねんどのうりあげはことしよりひくかった。

Last year's sales were lower than this year's.

I graduated last year.

We went into the red last year.

He changed schools last year.

She was born last year.

His hair was long last year.

I retired last year.

He made a will last year.

My father died last year.

He failed in his business last year.