► 名詞
才 [(1)さい] [liter] meaning: talent rank: 4
☆ 彼には商売の才が有る ⇨ He has talent for business
► 接尾辞
才 [(1)さい] meaning: age rank: 1
☆ あなた何才？ (なんさい) ⇨ How old are you? (☛ A simpler form of 歳)
More examples:
- 彼は十六才で社会に出た ⇨ He has been living on his own since 16
- 有名な漫才師 ⇨ A famous comedian
- 彼は不世出の天才だ ⇨ He is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of genius
- 彼は不遇の天才だった ⇨ He was a genius who never got the deserved recognition
- 彼女は特別な才能を持っている ⇨ She has a special talent
- 彼女に才能のきらめきを感じた ⇨ I felt flash of her talent
- 彼女は一言で言えば天才だ ⇨ If I put her in one word, it’s “genius”
- 彼は小学生の頃から秀才と言われていた ⇨ He was called an extremely smart kid since his elementary school days
- 彼は羨むような才能の持ち主だ ⇨ He possesses an enviable talent
- 彼は才能はあるが未だ荒削りだ ⇨ He is talented but still very rough-hewn
- 彼等は新しい才能の育成に力を入れている ⇨ They are focusing on developing new talents
- 映画界の才能の枯渇が激しい ⇨ Talents is severely drying up in the movie industry
- 彼はなまじ才能が有るので努力をしない ⇨ He is somewhat talented, so he won’t work hard
- アインシュタインは史上最高の天才の一人と言われる ⇨ Einstein is said to be one of the greatest geniuses
- 彼の漫才は下ネタが多い ⇨ His stand-up involves a lot of sex topics