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Meaning & usage

And; since; having done something | After/since a point in time at which something takes place.

Example sentences 6

1. こちらにいらっしゃってもう何年になりますか。

   How long have you been here / how many years has it been since you came here?

2. この会社で働き始めてこれで四年になります。

   It's been four years since I began to work at this company.

3. この島を訪れてもう何年になるだろうか。

   I wonder how many years have already passed since I last visited this island.

4. この町に来てまだ一週間目です。

   It's my first week in this town.

5. 二人は結婚して二年後に離婚した。

   The couple got married and two years later they got divorced.

6. 会社を辞めてもう久しい。

   It has been a long time since I quit the company.