勉強 / 漢字 / 歳

サイ • セイ

とし • とせ • よわい

year-end; age; occasion; opportunity

Grade Level 8

13 Strokes

Words

二十歳

はたち はたとせ

  • 20 years old n
  • twenty n arch
  • twenty years n arch
beginner

万歳

まんざい ばんざい ばんぜい バンザイ

  • door-to-door manzai; form of comedy originally performed at people's homes by entertainers during the New Year festivities; precursor to modern day manzai n
  • crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture) int n
  • something worthy of celebration int n
  • giving up int n
  • long time int n arch
  • eternal life (and prosperity) int n arch
  • banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray) int
Intermediate

さい

  • -years-old suf ctr
Intermediate II

男女七歳にして席を同じゅうせず

だんじょななさいにしてせきをおなじゅうせず だんじょしちさいにしてせきをおなじゅうせず

  • after age 7, boys and girls should be kept apart exp proverb
Advanced

歳末商戦

さいまつしょうせん

  • battle for sales at year-end; year-end shopping season n
Advanced