Kanji

歳

year-end, age, occasion, opportunity

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

止部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

サイ, セイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

とし, とせ, よわい

Nanori (Name Reading)

とし, とせ

Common Readings

サイ, セイ

Example sentences

さい
です

My younger brother is five years old.

生きる いきる
100 まで 生きる つもり

He intends to live until he is 100 years old.

二十歳 はたち
今年 二十歳 なった

He turned twenty this year.

童貞 どうてい
二十歳 過ぎても まだ 童貞 だった

He was still a virgin even after turning twenty.

十歳 じゅっさい
十歳 ピアノ 習い始めた

He started learning the piano at age ten.

万歳 ばんざい
チーム 勝利 決まった 瞬間 観客 一斉に 万歳 した

The moment the team's victory was decided, the spectators shouted 'Banzai' all at once.

唱和 しょうわ
最後 全員 万歳 唱和した

Finally, everyone shouted 'Banzai' together.

歳月 さいげつ
その 研究 完成 長い 歳月 かかった

It took many years to complete that research.

つくる つくる
小説 長い 歳月 かけて 新しい 世界 つくった

He spent many years creating a new world within his novel.

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