二十歳

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
はたち
Grade: 1 Grade: 1 Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
二十歲 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese はたち (patati, twenty items).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

二十歳(はたち) (hatachi

  1. twenty years old

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
じゅっ
Grade: 1
さい
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
二十歲 (kyūjitai)

From 二十 (nijū, twenty) +‎ (sai, year).

Noun[edit]

()(じゅっ)(さい) (nijussai

  1. twenty years old
Usage notes[edit]

Jōyō kanji recognized only じゅう () and じっ (ji') as readings of until 2010, even though the latter is actually pronounced じゅっ (ju') today and NHK accepted it already in 1966.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN