今年

ことし, こんねん

adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)

今	now
年	year, counter for years

今年の暑い夏には耐えられません。

I can't stand this hot summer.

今年は去年よりも雪が多かった。

This year we had more snow than last year.

私は今年何度か海外に行きました。

I have been abroad several times this year.

Even though we're supposedly in a recession, people are traveling abroad in record numbers this Golden Week holiday.

Is she going to go to America this year?