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20歳

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 20歳.

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Entry

20歳20才二十歳二十廿たちにじゅっさい (20歳/20才/二十歳)にじっさい (20歳/20才/二十歳)NounFreq #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

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

year-end, age, occasion, opportunity

13 strokesFrequency 269JLPT N2Grade 8

On

サイセイ

Kun

としとせよわい

genius, years old, cubic shaku

3 strokesFrequency 1,497JLPT N2Grade 2

On

サイ

two, two radical (no. 7)

2 strokesFrequency 9JLPT N4Grade 1

On

Kun

ふたふた.つふたたび

Nanori

おとつぐつぎにいふたつふだ

ten

2 strokesFrequency 8JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ジュウジッジュッ

Kun

とお

Nanori

そうとう
廿

twenty

4 strokesGrade 9

On

ジュウニュウ

Kun

にじゅう

Nanori

はつ

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