毎年
まいとし
hepburn maitoshi
every year
Part of speech · noun / adverb
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Examples
- 毎年同じ場所で会う。We meet at the same place every year.
- 毎年健康診断を受ける。I take a yearly health checkup.
Collocations
毎年 (maitoshi, every year)毎年恒例 (maitoshi kourei, annual ritual)毎年同じ (maitoshi onaji, same every year)毎日 (mainichi, every day)毎月 (maitsuki, every month)
Mnemonic
Maitoshi (毎年) means "every year" — part of Japans 毎 (mai, "every") adverb series: mainichi (every day), maishuu (every week), maitsuki (every month), maitoshi (every year), maiban (every night) — five frequency adverbs total. Surface parse: mai ("every") + toshi ("year"). Usage: (1) maitoshi kourei (the annual ritual / recurring event marker); (2) maitoshi onaji (same every year); (3) maitoshi chigau (different every year). Trap: 年 reads toshi (kun) or nen (on) — maitoshi (kun) for everyday speech and mai-nen (on) for formal documents and news (both acceptable, context-dependent). The adverb sits naturally sentence-initial as a time adverb. JLPT N5 plus 毎 adverb system entry point.
Quick check
Difference between maitoshi and mainen readings?