► 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:
- 彼女は素晴らしい才能の持ち主だ ⇨ She is an owner of, possesses, a tremendous talent
- 日本が生んだ天才 ⇨ The genius Japan has produced
- 彼のような才能はいつまでも埋もれてはいない ⇨ The talent like him won’t be buried (without being discovered) too long
- 彼は十六才で社会に出た ⇨ He has been living on his own since 16
- 奇才画家サルバドール・ダリ ⇨ A mercurial genius painter Salvador Dali
- 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
- 彼は不世出の天才だ ⇨ He is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of genius
- 彼は十二才の時に家出した ⇨ He ran away from his home when he was 12
- 才能だけで勝てるほどプロ野球は甘くない ⇨ You cannot win just with talent you are born with in the pro baseball. It’s not that easy
- 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
- 天才にしか出来ない発想 ⇨ Ideas, inventiveness, only geniuses can come up with
- 彼は彼女の真の才能を即座に見抜いた ⇨ He immediately saw her true potential
- スカウトは彼の才能に惚れ込んだ ⇨ The scout fell in love with his talent
- 有名な漫才師 ⇨ A famous comedian
- 漫才の突っ込み役 ⇨ The alpha comedian of a Japanese comedian pair