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翌年

よくねん

N2the following year · the next year

Examples

店を開いた翌年に二号店を出した。

木を植えた翌年の春に初めて花が咲いた。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 翌年 (よくねん) combines following and year to denote the year after a stated reference year.
  • Basic usage: It links a second store or a tree's first blossoms to the year following an earlier event.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Relative to the narrative reference year
    • 翌年 need not mean next year from today; it is anchored to the year already mentioned.

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