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VocabJLPT N1

year by year

NounAdverb

Definitions

1. year by year
2. annually

This adverb means "year by year" or "with each passing year," used to describe a gradual change or trend that continues over time. It often appears in sentences discussing things that are steadily increasing or decreasing over the years.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

New rules keep piling up every year — there's no way to keep track of them all!

Sentence 2

Haven't the meeting documents been getting thicker year by year?

Sentence 3

Look, traffic is bad again! The roads just keep getting worse every year!

Sentence 4

The budget gets cut every year, but the demands just keep going up?

Sentence 5

"The responsibility just gets heavier year by year," the section chief was saying.