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"きょ年はいい年でした。"
Translation:Last year was a good year.
June 27, 2017
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The kanji 年 is read as "toshi" by itself. This is the "kun-yomi" for this kanji. "Nen" is the "on-yomi," which is derived from the Chinese reading of the character. The on-yomi is used when this character is included in other words like 去年 (kyonen) above and 来年 (rainen) which means "next year." Oddly though, the word for "this year," 今年 (kotoshi) uses the kun-yomi.
AulaitQM
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去年はいい年でしたwas not accepted even though in this same lesson other questions teach you the kanji for kyo