"二十歳" meaning in Japanese

See 二十歳 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ha̠ta̠t͡ɕi] Forms: 二十歳 [canonical] (ruby: 二十歳(はたち)), hatachi [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese はたち (patati, “twenty items”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|はたち|t=twenty items|tr=patati}} Old Japanese はたち (patati, “twenty items”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|はたち}} 二十歳(はたち) • (hatachi)
  1. twenty years old
    Sense id: en-二十歳-ja-noun-0v74TsN6 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɲ̟iʑɨsːa̠i] Forms: 二十歳 [canonical] (ruby: (), (じゅっ), (さい)), nijussai [romanization]
Etymology: From 二十 (nijū, “twenty”) + 歳 (sai, “year”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|二十|歳|t1=twenty|t2=year|tr1=nijū|tr2=sai}} 二十 (nijū, “twenty”) + 歳 (sai, “year”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|にじゅっさい}} 二(に)十(じゅっ)歳(さい) • (nijussai)
  1. twenty years old
    Sense id: en-二十歳-ja-noun-0v74TsN61 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ɲ̟iʑɨːsa̠i] Forms: 二十歳 [canonical] (ruby: (), (じゅう), (さい)), nijūsai [romanization]
Etymology: From 二十 (nijū, “twenty”) + 歳 (sai, “year”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|二十|歳|t1=twenty|t2=year|tr1=nijū|tr2=sai}} 二十 (nijū, “twenty”) + 歳 (sai, “year”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|にじゅうさい}} 二(に)十(じゅう)歳(さい) • (nijūsai)
  1. twenty years old Related terms: 未成年 (miseinen) (ruby: 未成年(みせいねん)), 小人 (shōnin) (ruby: 小人(しょうにん)), 大人 (otona) (ruby: 大人(おとな)), 成人 (seijin) (ruby: 成人(せいじん)), 成人式 (seijinshiki) (ruby: 成人式(せいじんしき)), 成人の日 (seijin no hi) (ruby: 成人(せいじん), ()), みそじ (misoji)
    Sense id: en-二十歳-ja-noun-0v74TsN61 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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    {
      "roman": "misoji",
      "word": "みそじ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "twenty years old"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "twenty",
          "twenty"
        ],
        [
          "years",
          "years"
        ],
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟iʑɨːsa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "二十歳"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 二十歳 meaning in Japanese (5.0kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "二十歳",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "二十歳"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "二十歳",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "二十歳"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "二十歳",
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}

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