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前年ぜんねん (zennen)

the year before

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前年 (ぜんねん, zennen) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “the year before”.

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Example sentences 11

前年ぜんねんに比くらべて利益りえきが上あがりました。

Our profit went up compared to the year before.

これは前年の2倍だ。

This is twice as many as in the year before.

()内は前年同月比。

The ratio to the same month of the previous year is shown in parentheses.

これは前年度比11%増だ。

This is up about 11 percent from the previous year.

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