前年同月 ぜんねんどうげつ Meanings Noun same period of last year; the same month a year ago; year-ago month Kanji 前 front. Read as ゼン. 年 year. Read as ネン. 同 same. Read as ドウ. 月 month. Read as ゲツ. Words containing 前年同月 前年同月比 (ぜんねんどうげつひ) compared to the same month the previous year (e.g. in statistics, sales, electricity usage) Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists