翌よく年ねん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun, adverb

the following year; the next year

Refers to the year immediately after a given reference point. Used both as a noun and adverbially.

彼かれは翌よく年ねん、大だい学がくを卒そつ業ぎょうした。
He graduated from university the following year.
翌よく年ねんの春はるに引ひっ越こす予よ定ていです。
I plan to move next spring.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の翌よく年ねんthe year following (an event)
結けっ婚こん式しきの翌よく年ねん、二人ふたりには子こ供どもが生うまれた。
The year after their wedding, they had a baby.
翌よく年ねんになってonce the following year arrived
翌よく年ねんになって、ようやく状じょう況きょうが改かい善ぜんした。
It wasn't until the following year that the situation finally improved.
翌よく年ねんからstarting from the following year
この制せい度どは翌よく年ねんから実じっ施しされる予よ定ていだ。
The system is scheduled to be implemented starting the following year.

Kanji

翌the following, next
年year, counter for years

Related words

次じ年ねん
次年 is a stiff, formal written synonym for 翌年, mostly seen in official reports and documents.

Opposites

前ぜん年ねんN1
前年 means 'the previous year' relative to a reference point, the direct opposite of 翌年's 'the following year'.

Don't confuse with

来らい年ねんN5
来年 means 'next year' counted from now, whereas 翌年 means 'the year after' some other reference point in the past or future, so they can't be swapped freely.

Word family

翌よく年ねん度ど
next fiscal year; next academic year; next calendar year

Written forms

翌年Usage100%
- よくねん
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
- よくとし
よくとし

Etymology

Compound of 翌 (yoku, 'next', 'following') and 年 (nen, 'year'). The reading よくねん is the standard on'yomi combination. The alternate reading よくとし uses the kun'yomi for 年 and is rare.