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年とし
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Meanings
Noun
1. year
2. age; years
3. past one's prime; old age
Other spellings
歳とし
Kanji used
年year
Kanji in other spellings
歳years old
Pitch accent
とし
Used in vocabulary
年とし寄より
old person; elderly person; senior citizen; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
Noun
年とし明あけ
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
Noun
年とし老おい
old person
Noun
当あたり年どし
good year; lucky year; bumper year; banner year
Noun
年とし取とり
growing older; aging ceremony (on New Year's Eve or the last night of winter)
Noun
数かぞえ年どし
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
Noun
行いく年とし
the passing year; the old year
Noun
行ゆく年とし
the passing year; the old year
Noun
同おなじ年とし
same age
Noun
同おなじ年どし
same age
Noun
年とし回まわり
age relationship; luck attending age
Noun
年とし久ひさしく
for many years; anciently
Adverb
Examples120
January is the first month of the year.
Might I ask your age?
Can you tell my age?
It is ten years since I came to Tokyo.
This year is an important year for me.
He is old enough to drive.