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歳
歳
13 strokes
Frequency: 269
JLPT N2
Grade 8

Meanings

year-end
age
occasion
opportunity

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
サイ
セイ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
とし
とせ
よわい

Common Words

歳
才
さい
Freq #419
1

Counter

... years old; age (of) ...

Examples
「１７歳の時スクーナー船で地中海を航海したわ」彼女はゆっくりと注意深く言う。
"I sailed around the Mediterranean in a schooner when I was seventeen," she recited slowly and carefully.
年
歳
とし
Noun
Freq #1201
1

year

Examples
一月は年の一番目の月です。
January is the first month of the year.
2

age; years

Examples
お年をお聞きしてよろしいでしょうか。
Might I ask your age?
3

past one's prime; old age

２０歳
２０才
二十歳
二十
廿
はたち
にじゅっさい (２０歳／２０才／二十歳)
にじっさい (２０歳／２０才／二十歳)
Noun
Freq #1744
1

20 years old

Examples
彼女は二十歳だと言ったが、それは嘘だった。
She said she was twenty years old, which was not true.
2

二十／廿 only; Archaic

twenty

同い年
おないどし
Noun
～の Adj.
Freq #7058
1

the same age

Examples
君と僕とは同い年だ。
You and I are the same age.
百年
百歳
ひゃくねん (百年)
ももとせ
Noun
Freq #7156
1

century; hundred years; a long time

千年
千歳
千載
せんねん (千年)
ちとせ (千年／千歳)
せんざい (千歳／千載)
Noun
～の Adj.
Freq #8923
1

millennium; one thousand years; long time

十才
十歳
じゅっさい
じっさい
Noun
Freq #9216
1

age 10

万歳
ばんざい
バンザイ
万才
Noun
Freq #10711
1

Interjection; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb; Celebratory cheer; trad. shouted while raising both arms in the air

banzai; hurray; hurrah; hooray

Examples
彼が金メダルをとったという知らせをきき、私たちは万歳と叫んだ。
We cried banzai at the news that he won the gold medal.
2

something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration

3

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

giving up; throwing one's hands up

4

eternal life and prosperity

Examples
女王万歳。
Long live the Queen!
何歳
何才
なんさい
Noun
Freq #14458
1

how old; what age

Examples
君たちは来年何歳になりますか。
How old will you be next year?
歳月
さいげつ
Adverb
Noun
Freq #14806
1

time; years

Examples
移住者の部落が野蛮人によって征服され、移住者の希望も生活も土壇場にきた時、長い歳月をかけての不幸とのたたかいに終止符がうたれた。
Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.
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