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Keyword
years old
  • year-end
  • age
  • occasion
  • opportunity
Frequency
#269
Strokes
13
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
551
Readings
サイ75%
セイ25%
Mnemonic
Stop at the sign of the dog, count the small candles on the cake, and ask the birthday boy how many years old.
Stroke order
Composed of
止stop戌sign of the dog小small
Used in vocabulary
歳とし
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
Noun
歳さい
... years old; age (of) ...
Counter
歳さい出しゅつ
annual expenditure (of a state, organization, etc.)
Noun
歳さい入にゅう
annual revenue (government); annual income (government); budget receipts
Noun
歳としをとる
to grow old; to age
Expression
歳としとった
old (person); aged
Prenominal
お歳せい暮ぼ
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
Noun
歳さい月げつ
time; years
Noun
歳せい暮ぼ
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
Noun
万ばん歳ざい
banzai; hurray; hurrah; hooray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up; eternal life and prosperity
Interjection
万まん歳ざい
door-to-door manzai; form of comedy originally performed at people's homes by entertainers during the New Year festivities; precursor to modern day manzai
Noun
歳とせ
counter for years
Counter
千ち歳とせ
thousand years; millennium; eternity
Noun
千せん歳ざい
thousand years; millennium; perpetuity; eternity
Noun
何なん歳さい
how old; what age
Noun
歳さい末まつ
year end
Noun
２０歳はたち
20 years old
Noun
歳さい費ひ
annual expenditure; annual salary paid to Diet members
Noun
歳さい時じ記き
almanac of seasonal words (for haiku poets)
Noun
歳としの瀬せ
the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
Expression
歳としとる
to grow old; to age
Godan verb
万ばん々ばん歳ざい
matter for great congratulation
Noun
青あお二に歳さい
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
Noun
幾いく歳とせ
number of years
Noun