４０
Meanings
Numeric
1. forty; 40
Other spellings
四十四〇四拾卌よんじゅう
Other readings
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
よんじゅう
Used in vocabulary
一都一道二府四十三県
one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
Noun
Examples5
アインシュタイン
Einstein has been dead for nearly forty years.
四十
At forty, he does not get as angry as he used to.
私たち
We have been enjoying peace for more than 40 years.
四十
They say one's forties are a dangerous time of life.
四十
It was not until he was forty that he began to study German.