► 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:
- お宅のお嬢さんはお何歳で？ ⇨ How old is your daughter?
- 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
- 彼は三十歳まで童貞だった ⇨ He was a virgin until 30
- 十五歳の子供を躾けようとしてももう遅い ⇨ It is too late to teach manners to a 15-year-old child
- うちの三歳の娘が自分の髪をちょん切ってしまった ⇨ My 3-year-old daughter cut off her own hair
- 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
- あれから二十年の歳月が流れた ⇨ A time of 20 years has passed since then
- 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
- 一歳の赤ちゃんの体重の目安 ⇨ The norm of the weight of a one-year old baby
- 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
- 皆で万歳三唱した ⇨ Everybody chanted “banzai” three times
- 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
- 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
- 国の歳入 ⇨ The revenue of the country