数年前 – vocab dash

数すう年ねん前まえ

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Meanings

Adverb

No-adjective

1. a few years ago; some years back

Kanji used

Composed of

several years; a few years

Noun

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour); (the) front; frontal part; …

Noun

Examples12

私わたしは数すう年ねん前まえに彼かの女じょに会あったことを忘わすれていた。

I had forgotten that I had met her several years ago.

父ちちは数すう年ねん前まえに仕し事ごとから退たい職しょくした。

My father retired from his job several years ago.

彼かれは数すう年ねん前まえに死しんだ。

He died some years since.

数すう年ねん前まえは東とう京きょうに住すんでいたが、今いまは京きょう都とに住すんでいる。

I lived in Tokyo a few years ago, but now I live in Kyoto.

母ははは数すう年ねん前まえからフランス語ごを習ならっています。

My mother has been learning French for several years.

そのにおいが数すう年ねん前まえの夜よるの思おもい出でを呼よび起おこした。

The smell brought back memories of a night some years before.