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齢
齢
17 strokes
Frequency: 770
JLPT N2
Grade 8

Meanings

age

Readings

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

Common Words

年齢
ねんれい
年令
Noun
Freq #1958
1

age; years

Examples
おじいさんの年齢は僕の年齢の５倍だ。
My grandfather is five times as old as I am.
高齢
こうれい
Noun
～の Adj.
Freq #17919
1

advanced age; old age

Examples
海がめは高齢まで生きる。
Turtles live to a great age.
齢
歯
よわい
Noun
Freq #19345
1

(one's) age

老齢
ろうれい
Noun
～の Adj.
Freq #23727
1

old age; advanced age

Examples
老齢は気づかぬうちに我々に忍び寄る。
Old age creeps upon us unnoticed.
実年齢
じつねんれい
Noun
Freq #25522
1

actual age; true age

高齢者
こうれいしゃ
Noun
Freq #26113
1

old person; elderly person; senior citizen

Examples
過去において高齢者たちは人生の様々な問題を解決するときのエキスパートと考えられていた。
In the past, the old used to be looked upon as experts in solving various problems of life.
妙齢
みょうれい
Noun
～の Adj.
Freq #28719
1

young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; marriageable

2

with a charm appropriate to one's age

精神年齢
せいしんねんれい
Noun
Freq #29534
1

mental age

いい年して
いい歳して
いいとしして
いい齢して
Expression
Freq #31741
1

(in spite of) being old enough to know better

Examples
いい年してそんな馬鹿なまねはよせ。
At your age you should know better.
年齢差
ねんれいさ
Noun
Freq #34818
1

age difference; disparity in age; age gap

Examples
彼らの年齢差は六歳です。
The difference in their ages is six years.
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