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Year before last in Japanese 🇯🇵


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year before last おととし
How to say “year before last” in Japanese? “おととし”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “おととし” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on year before last in Japanese like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips to Remember:
• Notice how the word “おととし” repeats the syllable “to” twice. Think of it as “two years ago (from last year)” since it indicates the year before last.
• Associate it with a picture of a calendar where the current year is highlighted and you subtract two complete years.

Explanations:
• "おととし" (ototoshi) means "the year before last."
• It is commonly used in everyday conversation to refer to the year two years before the current year.
• This term is less formal compared to its kanji counterparts.

Other Words with the Same Meaning:
• 一昨年 (issakunen) – another way to say "the year before last."
• 先々年 (sensennen) – less common, but it also means "the year before last."

Alternate Meanings:
• There are no widely recognized slang meanings for "おととし." It is used strictly to denote the year before last.

Examples of Sentences:
• おととし、日本を旅行しました.
 (Romanization: Ototoshi, Nihon o ryokō shimashita.)
 Translation: The year before last, I traveled to Japan.
• 私のおととしの誕生日は思い出深いです.
 (Romanization: Watashi no ototoshi no tanjōbi wa omoidebukai desu.)
 Translation: My birthday the year before last is very memorable.
• おととしの冬はとても寒かったです.
 (Romanization: Ototoshi no fuyu wa totemo samukatta desu.)
 Translation: The winter of the year before last was very cold.

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