Word details

歳

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 歳.

Dictionary

Entry

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.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

歳

year-end, age, occasion, opportunity

13 strokesFrequency 269JLPT N2Grade 8

On

サイセイ

Kun

としとせよわい
才

genius, years old, cubic shaku

3 strokesFrequency 1,497JLPT N2Grade 2

On

サイ

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