壮年

See also: 壯年

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 壮年 – see 壯年 (“prime of life; more robust years of a person's life”). (This term is the simplified form of 壯年).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
壮	年
そう Grade: S	ねん Grade: 1
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
壯年 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 壯年 (MC tsrjangH nen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

壮(そう)年(ねん) • (sōnen) ^{←さうねん (saunen)?}

1. prime of life
2. person in his/her prime

Synonyms

• 壮(そう)齢(れい) (sōrei)

Derived terms

• 壮(そう)年(ねん)期(き)地(ち)形(けい) (sōnen-ki chikei)
• 壮(そう)年(ねん)茂(も)吉(きち) (Sōnen Mokichi)

Further reading

• “壮年”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months