Moto 歳: Year-end; Age; OccasionKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- サイ、セイ
- Kun'yomi
- とし、とせ、よわい
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 99 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (サイ・セイ)
- 歳出さいしゅつannual expenditure
- 歳入さいにゅうannual revenue (government); annual income (government)
- 歳月さいげつtime; years
- 歳暮せいぼyear-end gift
- 万歳ばんざいcrying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture)
- 歳さい-years-old
- お歳暮おせいぼyear-end gift
- 歳時記さいじきalmanac of seasonal words (for haiku poets)
- 歳末さいまつyear end
- 歳費さいひannual expenditure
- ゼロ歳ゼロさいunder 1 year old (of a baby); 0 years old
- ゼロ歳児ゼロさいじchild under a year old
- 一歳いっさいone-year-old
- 万万歳ばんばんざいmatter for great congratulation
- 万歳三唱ばんざいさんしょうthree cheers
- 万歳事件ばんざいじけんMarch 1st Movement (Korea); Sam-il Movement
- 三河万歳みかわまんざいMikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture
- 三河萬歳みかわまんざいMikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture
- 何歳なんさいhow old?; what age?
- 六歳臼歯ろくさいきゅうしsix-year molar
- 凶歳きょうさいpoor crop year
- 十歳じゅっさいage 10
- 大歳たいさいTaisai; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
- 太歳たいさいTaisai; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
- 年年歳歳ねんねんさいさいannually; every year
- 当歳とうさいyear of birth; this year
- 当歳馬とうさいばyearling; one-year-old horse
- 当歳駒とうさいごまyearling; one-year-old colt
- 御歳暮おせいぼyear-end gift
- 悪魔の三歳児あくまのさんさいじ(child in the) terrifying threes
- 晩歳ばんさいone's later years; final years
- 歳代さいだいdecade (of age); the ...ties
- 歳入歳出さいにゅうさいしゅつannual income and expenditure
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 千歳飴ちとせあめred and white candy stick sold at children's festivals
- 千歳鳥ちとせどりcrane
- 歳とったとしとったold (person); aged
- 歳とるとしとるto grow old; to age
- 歳の割にとしのわりにfor one's age
- 歳の市としのいちyear-end fair; year-end market
- 歳の瀬としのせthe year end; end of the year
- 歳の行ったとしのいったolder; elderly
- 歳をとるとしをとるto grow old; to age
- 歳を取るとしをとるto grow old; to age
- 歳を喰うとしをくうto grow older; to advance in age
- 歳を追うごとにとしをおうごとにyear after year; as the years go by
- 歳を重ねるとしをかさねるto age; to grow old
- 歳を食うとしをくうto grow older; to advance in age
Other readings
- 二十歳はたち20 years old
- 一般会計歳出いっぱんかいけいさいしゅつgeneral account expenditure
- 一般歳出いっぱんさいしゅつgeneral expenditures; general spending
- 万々歳ばんばんざいmatter for great congratulation
- 八千歳はっせんねん8000 years; thousands of years
- 八歳児やつごoctuplet
- 千歳せんねんmillennium; one thousand years
- 大歳神おおとしのかみguardian deity of grain farming; guardian deity of the rice harvest
- 年々歳々ねんねんさいさいannually; every year
- 幾歳いくねんnumber of years
- 悪魔の３歳児あくまのさんさいじ(child in the) terrifying threes
- 歳々さいさいannual
- 歳々年々さいさいねんねんannually; every year
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