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► 名詞
  [(2)とし]    meaning:  age  rank: 1
☆ 彼女はいつまたっても年にえない ⇨ She doesn’t look her age, looks young, no matter how old she gets
☆ お母様のお年はお幾つ? ⇨ How old is your mother?  (☛ 歳 can be used when the meaning is “age”)

  [(2)とし]  [年を取る]    meaning:  age  rank: 1
☆ 人間誰でも年を取る ⇨ All humans age
☆ 両親ももう随分年を取った ⇨ My parents are pretty old by now  (☛ About humans only)

  [(2)とし]  [良い年]    meaning:  age  rank: 1
☆ お前良い年して何考えてんだ? ⇨ What the hell are you thinking? You’re too old to be that stupid
☆ あんたい年して無理するから怪我をするんだよ ⇨ You get hurt because you do too much for your age  (☛ 「良い年」is an euphemism for middle and old ages)

  [(2)とし]    meaning:  year  rank: 1
☆ 収穫量は年によって大き違う ⇨ The harvest amounts have varied depending on year

  [(1)ねん]    meaning:  year  rank: 1
☆ あれから三年が経った ⇨ Three years have passed since then
☆ 年に一度大売し ⇨ Once-a-year special sale

  [(2)とし]  [年が行く]    meaning:  age  rank: 4
☆ はそれほど年が行っているようにえない ⇨ He doesn’t look that old

► 連体詞
  [(2)とし]  [年が行った]    meaning:  old  rank: 2
☆ 年がいった人達はそういうはしない ⇨ Older people do not think that way

  [(2)とし]  [年の行った]    meaning:  old  rank: 2
☆ 年のいった人達 ⇨ Elderlies


More examples:
  • は晩年病気しんだ ⇨ He struggled with illness in his later life
  • うちには年頃の子供が二いる ⇨ I have two adolescent kids
  • 首相と長年親密関係になる ⇨ He has had an intimate relationship with the prime minister for many years
  • 中年の男性 ⇨ A middle-aged man
  • 徳仁は2019年に天皇即位した ⇨ Naruhito became an emperor in 2019
  • 彼等は百年の歴史でいまだかつて優勝したことがない ⇨ They have never won a championship in their 100-year history
  • あれから一年が経った ⇨ A year has passed since then
  • 今年は観光客出足がとてもい ⇨ The turnout of the tourists has been very low this year
  • 彼等は長年同じ道場切磋琢磨してきた ⇨ They have been competing and improving each other at the same training center for years
  • 執行は二年猶予された ⇨ The sentence has been suspended for two years
  • 韓国大統領任期は五年だ ⇨ The term of Korean president is 5 years
  • おい、そこの少年! ⇨ Hey you, a young boy over there!
  • 両国は長年に渡っ反目している ⇨ The two countries do not see eye to eye for many years
  • この十年だからしくはない ⇨ This house is 10 years old, so it is not new
  • 享年六十三であった ⇨ He/she was 63 when he/she died