(ねん) (n) (1) year (e.g. AD); (ctr) (2) counter for years [EDICT]
(とし) (n-adv,n) (1) (年 only) year; (n) (2) many years; (suf,n) (3) age; (n-adv,n) (4) past one's prime; old age; (P) [EDICT]
(とせ) (ctr) (arch) counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system) [EDICT]
(nián, ㄋㄧㄢˊ) year [CE-DICT]
前
(ぜん) (n-pref) (1) (See 前・まえ) the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former; (2) (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. "premodern"); (adj-no,n) (3) before; earlier; (P) [EDICT]
(まえ) (n-adv,n-t,suf) (1) (See 前・ぜん) ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); (2) in front (of); before (e.g. the house); (3) head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; (4) in the presence of; (5) (See 人前・にんまえ) helping; portion; (6) privates; private parts; (P) [EDICT]
(qián, ㄑㄧㄢˊ) before; in front; ago; former; previous; earlier; front [CE-DICT]
(ちょう) (ctr) (1) counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc.; (2) counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; (3) (See 挺) counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; (n) (4) (See 半・はん・3) even number; (5) (See 町・3) 109.09 m [EDICT]
(てい;ひのと) (n) 4th in rank; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar [EDICT]
(dīng, ㄉㄧㄥ) surname Ding; cubes (of food); fourth of 10 heavenly trunks 十天干; fourth in order; letter "D" or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; butyl [CE-DICT]
兴
(xīng, ㄒㄧㄥ) flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular [CE-DICT]
