► 接尾辞
歳 [(1)さい] meaning: age rank: 1
☆ うちの娘は五歳だ ⇨ My daughter is five years old
More examples:
- 彼は十六歳の時に入社した ⇨ He joined, was hired by, the company when he was 16
- 彼の母親は彼が三歳の時に死亡した ⇨ His mother died when when he was 3 years old
- 娘はもうすぐ二十歳だ ⇨ My daughter will soon be 20
- 歳を取るとまず足腰が弱ってくる ⇨ Your lower body gets weak first when you get older
- うちのおじいさんは何せ95歳だからそう長くはない ⇨ My grandfather is already 95, so he won’t live much too long
- 彼女は五歳の時から有名なピアニストの指導を受けて来た ⇨ She has been taught by a famous pianist since age five
- 彼は童顔で25歳には見えない ⇨ He has a very young-looking face and doesn’t look his age of 25
- 一歳の赤ちゃんの体重の目安 ⇨ The norm of the weight of a one-year old baby
- うちの母は70歳です ⇨ My mother is 70 years old
- 彼は取引先に御歳暮を送った (おせいぼ) ⇨ He sent out year-end gifts to his business partners
- 彼は七十歳の今もバリバリの現役だ ⇨ He is 70 now but still at the top of his game with his job
- この映画は18歳以上に限られている ⇨ This movie is restricted to 18 years old and over
- 皆で万歳三唱した ⇨ Everybody chanted “banzai” three times
- 若い頃は変に思ったが、人間は何歳になっても恋愛するものだ ⇨ I thought it was weird when I was young, but humans can fall in love at any age
- 国の支出が歳入を上回っている ⇨ The national spending is exceeding the revenue