How to say "yearly" in Japanese

• 毎年まいとしJLPT N5approx.Common
  adverb, nounThe 'every year' sense: use it to say that something happens, is done or comes round each year. Typical context: recurring events and habits — a trip taken, a festival held, a payment due annually.
  彼かれは毎年まいとし軽井沢かるいざわへ行いく。↗

  He goes to Karuizawa every year.
• 年次ねんじCommon
  prenominal modifierThe 'annual' sense: it modifies a noun, describing something that occurs or is done once a year. It is not the way to say 'X happens every year' — for that, use 毎年.
  その代表者だいひょうしゃは年次ねんじ会議かいぎを欠席けっせきした。↗

  The representative was absent from the annual conference.

Use 毎年 for the adverbial 'every year', to say that something happens or is done each year; use 年次 for the adjective 'annual', modifying a noun to describe something that occurs once a year.

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• 毎年まいとしevery year
• 年次ねんじannual