No. 2,086 in Japanese
同年
"同年" means "the same year."
In a sentence
彼は同年に結婚しました。
He got married in the same year.
同年 refers to 'the same year' in which an event occurred, providing a time reference to another event.
彼女は私と同年齢です。
She is the same age as me.
同年 is used in the context of 'same age,' referencing the equivalent age level between two individuals.
そのクラブに入会したのは同年の秋でした。
I joined the club in the same year during autumn.
同年 here specifies 'the same year' relative to a prior context, identifying the temporal relation to another event.
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