Meaning of 一昨年(いっさくねん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 一昨年, おと年 JLPT 5

Kana Reading いっさくねん, おととし

Romaji issakunen, ototoshi

Parts of speech

adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)

Meaning

year before last

Examples of 一昨年, おと年, いっさくねん, おととし in a sentence

彼女は、一昨年よりもはるかに暮らし向きがよい。

She's far better off than she was the year before last.

Related Kanji

昨 JLPT 3

9 strokes

yesterday, previous

On'Yomi: サク

Kun'Yomi:

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年 JLPT 5

6 strokes

year, counter for years

On'Yomi: ネン

Kun'Yomi: とし

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一 JLPT 5

1 stroke

one, one radical (no.1)

On'Yomi: イチ, イツ

Kun'Yomi: ひと-, ひと.つ

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