► 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:
- あれから三十年の歳月が流れた ⇨ 30 years of time has passed since then
- 国の支出が歳入を上回っている ⇨ The national spending is exceeding the revenue
- 娘が二十歳になった ⇨ My daughter has turned 20 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
- 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
- 五歳以下は無料 ⇨ Free for 5-years-old or younger
- お宅のお嬢さんはお何歳で？ ⇨ How old is your daughter?
- 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
- うちの母は70歳です ⇨ My mother is 70 years old
- 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
- 皆で万歳三唱した ⇨ Everybody chanted “banzai” three times
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 事業は万歳した ⇨ The business has surrendered, failed