This Year
noun
The now year is which year? It is this year.
With the first reading (the more common one), the こん of 今 is actually just こ. This gets shortened sometimes, so look out for it. Also, the 年 is the kun'yomi reading for some reason. It's a total mystery why this is. Perhaps the ancient aliens know, but I do not. You're going to have to remember this exception with that brain of yours and rely on the SRS to bestow this knowledge upon you.
The second reading, which is less common but still common enough, makes more sense. It is こんねん and just follows the jukugo patterns.
今年で四十二才
forty two years old this year
今年でやめる
to quit this year, to quit after this year
今年でおわる
to end this year, to end after this year
今年になる
to become this year
今年にかける
to put all one's energy into this year
今年に入る
to enter this year
今年はじめ
beginning of this year
今年やる
to do this year
今年生まれる
to be born this year
今年からはじめる
to start from this year
今年からスタートする
to start from this year
今年からする
to do from this year
今年のテーマ
this year's theme
今年の冬
this winter
今年のクリスマス
this year's Christmas
今年はダイエットをしたいです。
I want to be on a diet this year.
私の子は、今年、大学一年生になります。
My child will be a freshman in college this year.
今年の四月に日本へ来たばかりです。
I just came to Japan in April of this year.