► 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:
- 彼は三才の時に養子に取られた ⇨ He was adopted when he was three
- 彼は才能に恵まれている ⇨ He is blessed with talents
- 彼は並外れた才能の持ち主だ ⇨ He possesses an extraordinary talent
- 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
- 彼女は18才の時に産んだ子供を手放した ⇨ She gave up a baby (for adoption) when she was 18
- 映画界の才能の枯渇が激しい ⇨ Talents is severely drying up in the movie industry
- 彼には人を笑わせる天性の才能がある ⇨ He has a natural talent to make people laugh
- 彼は七十才にして初めて異国の土を踏んだ ⇨ He stepped on foreign soil for the first time when he was 70
- 天才にしか出来ない発想 ⇨ Ideas, inventiveness, only geniuses can come up with
- 彼女は18才の時に処女を失った ⇨ She lost her virginity when she was 18
- 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
- 大阪は漫才の中心地だ ⇨ Osaka is the center of manzai, Japanese stand-up comic
- 若い才能をどんどん育てて行くことが大切だ ⇨ It is important to keep growing young talents
- お前みたいな青二才に意見される覚えはない ⇨ I don’t need an opinion of an inexperienced one like you
- 彼は不遇の天才だった ⇨ He was a genius who never got the deserved recognition