昨さく秋しゅう

noun, adverb

last autumn; last fall

A compact written-style noun or adverbial time expression meaning the autumn of the previous year. In speech, 去年の秋 is often more conversational.

• 昨さく秋しゅう、京きょう都とを訪おとずれた。

  I visited Kyoto last autumn.

• 昨さく秋しゅうの台たい風ふうで多おおくの木きが倒たおれた。

  Many trees fell in the typhoon last autumn.