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今年 (ことし): This year — Japanese vocabulary

今年 is read ことし and means "This year". JLPT N5 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

今年

Reading
ことし · kotoshi
Translation
This year
Level
JLPT N5
Pitch accent
ことしが

Example

今年の夏は暑いです。

ことしのなつはあついです。

This summer is hot.

Kanji in this word

  • 今 — now, present
  • 年 — year

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