ねんらい

年 来

Common word

  1. nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    of long standing, long-pending, long-cherished

    • 彼とは１０年来の知り合いだ。
      I have known him for ten years.

  2. adverb (fukushi)

    for years (past), over a period of years, for a long time