How to say 'This year' in Japanese | 今年

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The Japanese word for This year is 'Kotoshi', written as 今年 in Japanese.'This year' in hiragana is ことし.

word

今年

Meaning

This year

Reading

ことし

kotoshi

Kanji

今Now 年Year

Explanation

The Japanese noun '今年 (ことし)' means 'this year'. It refers to the current year in which the speaker is living or the event is taking place. This word is commonly used in both formal and informal contexts to indicate the present year. For example: This year is going well「今年は順調です」(ことしはじゅんちょうです). I will graduate this year「今年卒業します」(ことしそつぎょうします). It is important to note that '今年' is always used to refer to the current year and does not change based on the context of the sentence.

Part Of Speech

noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

1774

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 今年

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

今

Meaning

Now

kanji

年

Meaning

Year

Words Related to 今年 Through the Kanji 今

These 15 Words contain the Kanji 今 as well.

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今

Meaning

Now

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今月

Meaning

This month

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今週

Meaning

This week

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今晩

Meaning

Tonight

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今日

Meaning

Today

word

今まで

Meaning

Until now

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今度

Meaning

Next, This

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今後

Meaning

Future

word

今回

Meaning

This time

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今ごろ

Meaning

Now, Around now

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今にも

Meaning

Soon, Any moment

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今に

Meaning

Soon, Eventually

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今夜

Meaning

Tonight

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今更

Meaning

Now, Belatedly

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今朝

Meaning

Morning

Words Related to 今年 Through the Kanji 年

These 46 Words contain the Kanji 年 as well.

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年

Meaning

Year

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年下

Meaning

Younger

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一昨年

Meaning

Year before last

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年間

Meaning

Year

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少年

Meaning

Boy

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年金

Meaning

Pension

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年齢

Meaning

Age

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年度

Meaning

Year, Fiscal

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青年

Meaning

Youth

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再来年

Meaning

Year after next

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万年筆

Meaning

Fountain pen

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年賀状

Meaning

New years card

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毎年

Meaning

Every year

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生年月日

Meaning

Birthdate

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半年

Meaning

Half year

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近年

Meaning

Recent

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翌年

Meaning

Next year

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年寄り

Meaning

Elderly

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昨年

Meaning

Last year

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元年

Meaning

First year

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去年

Meaning

Last year

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長年

Meaning

Many years

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お年玉

Meaning

Money

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年月

Meaning

Years

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年月日

Meaning

Date

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年々

Meaning

Yearly

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年代

Meaning

Era, Age

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中年

Meaning

Middle age

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年中

Meaning

Year round

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学年

Meaning

Grade

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同年

Meaning

Same year

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本年

Meaning

This year

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晩年

Meaning

Later years

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年長

Meaning

Older

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年末

Meaning

Year end

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来年

Meaning

Next year

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忘年会

Meaning

Year end party

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年配

Meaning

Elderly

word

年収

Meaning

Annual income

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定年

Meaning

Retirement

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年始

Meaning

New year

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前年

Meaning

Previous year

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年上

Meaning

Older

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未成年

Meaning

Minor

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例年

Meaning

Usual year

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年賀

Meaning

New years card

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