► 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:
- 皆で万歳三唱した (ばんざいさんしょう) ⇨ We all chanted “banzai” three times for celebration
- あれから三十年の歳月が流れた ⇨ 30 years of time has passed since then
- 娘が二十歳になった ⇨ My daughter has turned 20 years old
- ウィキペディアに拠ると彼は今六十五歳だ ⇨ According to Wikipedia, he is 65 years old now
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 彼は十五歳の時から自活している ⇨ He has been making a living on his own since he was 15
- 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
- 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
- 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?
- 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