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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:
  • 少年雑誌 ⇨ Magazines for young boys
  • 今年は観光客出足がとてもい ⇨ The turnout of the tourists has been very low this year
  • あれから一年が経った ⇨ A year has passed since then
  • この会社では毎年成績考査有る ⇨ There are annual performance evaluations in this company
  • 何年かけて償却されるかは対象によってなる ⇨ The years take to amortize differ depending on items
  • はもう分別がついてもいい年だ ⇨ He is old enough to have common sense, know good from bad
  • 家族全員で新年をえた ⇨ The entire family got together and welcome the new year
  • バンドの五年振り意欲作 ⇨ An ambition new album, first in five years, of the band
  • 積年の怒り炸裂した ⇨ The years of frustrations finally exploded
  • ももう年貢の (ねんぐのおさめどき) ⇨ It is time for you to pay your tax, give up, surrender
  • は長年の無念ウィンブルドン優勝した ⇨ He finally won the Wimbledon after many years of disappointment
  • うちの息子反抗する年頃だ ⇨ My son has reached the age where he rebels against parents
  • この球場で年間四百万試合観戦した ⇨ 4 million people watched games in this stadium in one year
  • チーム過去五年最下位甘んじた ⇨ The team have had to settle for the last place for the last 5 years
  • 各社過去十年の市場占有率増減 ⇨ The changes of market share of each company in the last ten years