YOU SAID:

The years have not been kind to me

INTO JAPANESE

年は私に親切ではありませんでした

BACK INTO ENGLISH

The year was not kind to me

INTO JAPANESE

その年は私に親切ではありませんでした

BACK INTO ENGLISH

That year was not kind to me

INTO JAPANESE

その年は私に親切ではなかった

BACK INTO ENGLISH

That year was not kind to me