❶年, 1年(間)
this year
this year
今年（は）
⦣ ×in this year としない. 次例の場合も同じ.
last [next] year
last [next] year
去年（は）[来年（は）]
years ago
years ago
何年も前に
⦣ years は漠然ばくぜんと「数年」を表し, 気持ちの上では「長い年月」という意味. many years ago といえばもっとはっきり「長い年月」を表す.
years later
years later
何年もたってから
for a year
for a year
1年間
for years
for years
何年もの間
the year before last
the year before last
（去年の前の年）おととし, 一昨年
the year after next
the year after next
（来年の次の年）再来年
a good [bad] year
a good [bad] year
よい[悪い]年, 景気のよい[悪い]年, 豊作[不作]の年
A year passed.
A year passed.
1年がたちました.
＊会話＊
Happy New Year!—（The） Same to you!
⦣ 文字で書く時は A Happy New Year! と A をつける.
In Japan there are four seasons in a year.
In Japan there are four seasons in a year.
日本では1年に4つの季節がある.
I'm going to Spain this year.
I'm going to Spain this year.
今年私はスペインに行きます.
I was born in the year 1998.
I was born in the year 1998（読み方: nineteen ninety-eight）.
私は1998年に生まれた.
⦣ ふつうは the year をつけずに in 1998という.
I'll see you again a year from today.
I'll see you again a year from today.
1年後のきょうまたお目にかかりましょう.
We moved to our new house a year ago today.
We moved to our new house a year ago today.
私たちは 1年前のきょう新居に引っ越こしてきました.
I have studied English for three years.
I have studied English for three years.
私は英語を3年間勉強しました.
⦣ 現在完了かんりょうの文. have助動❸
Our three years in junior high school was a short time.
Our three years in junior high school was a short time.
中学校での3年間は短かった.
⦣ three years をひとまとまりと考えて単数扱あつかい.
❷～歳; years で 年齢ねんれい（age）
My little brother is three years old.
♔基本My little brother is three years old.
私の弟は3歳です.
⦣ three years は old （年取った, ～（歳）で）を修飾しゅうしょくする. したがって three years old はひとつながりの句.
Jack is two years older than I am [than me].
Jack is two years older than I am [話 than me].
ジャックは私より2歳年上です.
a three-year-old child=a child three years old
a three-year-old child=a child three years old
3歳の子
⦣ ×three-years-old ～ としない.
He is a big boy for his years (=his age).
He is a big boy for his years his age.
彼は年のわりには体の大きい子だ.
