Japanese Conversation · Level 40
90 words
Japanese word
歳
Pronunciation
Romajisai
Meaning
- counteryears old
Example
私は十歳です。watashi wa jū sai de su
I am ten years old.
More examples
お子さんは何歳ですか。o ko sa n wa nan sai de su ka
How old is your child?
Core concept
Counts the years completed by a person to state how old that person is.
Common phrases
何歳nan sai
how old
三歳になるsan sai ni na ru
turn three
Definition in Japanese
生まれてから経過した年数で人の年齢を示す助数詞。u ma re te ka ra kei ka shi ta nen sū de hito no nen rei o shime su jo sū shi
Word origin
The word 歳 (sai, "years old") comes from the kanji 歳, whose Sino-Japanese reading is sai and whose basic sense is a year or age.
Usage tips
- Beginners often meet 歳 (sai) in the set phrase 何歳 (nan sai), which asks a person's age.
Other meanings
- agecounter