► 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
- 事業は万歳した ⇨ The business has surrendered, failed
- 国の支出が歳入を上回っている ⇨ The national spending is exceeding the revenue
- 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
- 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
- あれから三十年の歳月が流れた ⇨ 30 years of time has passed since then
- 十二歳以下の子供には親が同伴しなくてはいけない ⇨ It is required a parent to accompany the children 12 yo or younger
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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