► 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:
- 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
- 皆で万歳三唱した ⇨ Everybody chanted “banzai” three times
- 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
- 彼は十五歳の時に喝上げで補導された ⇨ He was put under the juvenile justice system when 15 years old for extortion
- 80歳になってまで命を惜しがるのはどうかと思う ⇨ I’m not sure if it is really a right thing to cling to life at age 80
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 何歳になってもお袋の味は忘れられない ⇨ You never forget the taste of your mom’s cooking no matter how old you get
- お宅のお嬢さんはお何歳で？ ⇨ How old is your daughter?
- 子供は二歳ぐらいから自我が芽生え始める ⇨ Children will have identity, self-awareness, growing at around 2 years old
- 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
- 彼女は五歳の時に養女に引き取られた ⇨ She was adopted (as a daughter) when she was 5
- 娘はもうすぐ二十歳だ ⇨ My daughter will soon be 20
- 彼は五十歳の時に絵画に開眼した ⇨ At the age of 50 his eyes opened for, he mastered the secret of, painting