数すう年ねん間かん

noun, adverb

several years; for several years

Used as a noun or adverb to indicate a period of a few years. Often appears with particles like に or の, or as a standalone adverbial.

• 彼かれは数すう年ねん間かん海かい外がいで働はたらいていた。

  He worked abroad for several years.

• 数すう年ねん間かんの努ど力りょくが実みを結むすんだ。

  Several years of effort bore fruit.