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一昨年おととし

N5
おととし ototoshi
  1. year before last
nounadverb

Also written おととし

Chinese meanings

前年

Examples

  • 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.
    她的生活比前年宽裕多了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b75778f0ce'); // 一昨年
{
  "id": "b75778f0ce",
  "word": "一昨年",
  "reading": "おととし",
  "romaji": "ototoshi",
  "meanings": [
    "year before last"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1576060,
  "other_forms": [
    "おととし"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼女は、一昨年よりもはるかに暮らし向きがよい。",
      "en": "She's far better off than she was the year before last.",
      "tatoeba_id": 93768
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "68d5022d545604eddd7fce616bcecc5af38d52de870e1716a00eff57ce05d2ac",
    "meanings": [
      "前年"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼女は、一昨年よりもはるかに暮らし向きがよい。",
        "zh": "她的生活比前年宽裕多了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/b75778f0ce",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "79e93fcc645754f5be70aab7b2c258b650a0453b84a9d30e28bb044b51ec0ac7"
  }
}