前年 – vocab dash

前ぜん年ねん

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Meanings

Noun

Adverb

1. the preceding year; the previous year; last year

Kanji used

Pitch accent

ぜんねん

Used in vocabulary

preceding fiscal year

Adverb

relative change from last year

Noun

year on year; on the previous year

Noun

year-before period; corresponding period of previous year; same period a year ago

Noun

same period of last year; the same month a year ago; year-ago month

Noun

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

Expression

two years before

Noun

year-to-year decline

Noun

Examples2

年ねん金きんの額がくは原げん則そくとして前ぜん年ねんの物ぶっ価か変へん動どうにスライドして算さん出しゅつされる。

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

前ぜん年ねんの総そう所しょ得とく金きん額がくはいくらでしょうか。

What was the gross income in the previous calendar year?