► 名詞
今年 [ことし] meaning: year rank: 1
☆ 今年の夏は暑かった ⇨ The summer this year was hot (☛ This year)
More examples:
- 彼の契約は今年末で切れる ⇨ His contract ends, expires, at the end of this year
- 今年は林檎が豊作だった ⇨ The apple harvest has been very good this year
- 今年はりんごが不作だ ⇨ The apple crop is poor this year
- 専門家が今年の株式市場を展望した ⇨ Experts provided an outlook on this year’s stock market
- 今年は観光客の出足がとても悪い ⇨ The turnout of the tourists has been very low this year
- チームは今年もビリに終わった ⇨ The team finished the season at the bottom, with the worst record, again
- 今年は残暑が厳しい ⇨ The late summer heat has been pretty bad this year
- 彼は今年大学に就学した ⇨ He started going to college this year
- 今年は例年に比べて降水量が少ない ⇨ There has been less rainfall this year compared with the average
- 今年はもう確定申告を済ませた ⇨ I have already finished my tax return this year
- 今年は新卒の新規雇用はしない ⇨ This year we won’t hire new college graduates
- 今年の冬は寒さが厳しい ⇨ The coldness is harsh this winter
- 今年もあと一ヶ月を残すのみだ ⇨ There is only one more month remaining in the year
- 今年は慶事が多かった ⇨ There have been many good things to celebrate this year
- 今年は天候不順で収穫が遅れた ⇨ The harvest was delayed due to bad weather this year