Examples of using "数年前" in a sentence and their english translations:
A couple of years ago,
A few years ago, I was on a sailboat making its way across the Pacific,
He died some years since.
I began playing golf years ago.
I was living in Boston a few years ago.
My father retired from his job several years ago.
- My mother has been learning French for several years.
- My mother has been taking French lessons for several years.
A few years ago, this map wasn't good enough.
A few years ago, on Mother's Day, I gave my stepmother a locket as a present.
I've been keeping a diary in Japanese since last year.
I have not been on speaking terms with her for a few years.
Just a few short years ago, I stood in front of the mirror,
Several years ago, a bleached body was discovered in a vacant plot in the neighbourhood.
I had forgotten that I had met her several years ago.
A few years ago, I tried a Japanese-style bath on New Zealand's South Island.
The smell brought back memories of a night some years before.
but you know how a few years ago we had someone here at TED
I lived in Tokyo a few years ago, but now I live in Kyoto.
Until several years ago, I thought about nothing but work all day and night.
But we have to remember that this is the government that annexed Crimea a few years ago.
Noticing this a few years back led me on this long journey
What you have said reminds me of a strange experience I had a few years ago.
I don't know if you remember me, but we met a couple of years ago in Boston.
On this point it is poles apart from when I set myself on learning English 20 years ago.
A few years ago it would have been inconceivable for Japan to send troops overseas.
Several years ago, in the course of being interviewed for a job, I was introduced to a competitor for the position.
"What was the name of that space theme park in Kyushu?" "Oh, you mean Space World." "Yeah, what happened to it?" "It went out of business a few years ago."