歳

Meaning

歳 centers on the passage of time, especially the turning of a year. It marks age (years lived), year-end, and by extension occasions or opportunities that come with the cycle of years.

• 歳さい
  N1

  ... years old; age (of) ...

• 万歳ばんざい
  N2

  banzai; hurray; hurrah; hooray

• 千歳ちとせ

  thousand years; millennium; eternity

• 歳月さいげつ
  N1

  time; years

• 歳入さいにゅう

  annual revenue (government); annual income (government); budget receipts

• 歳出さいしゅつ

  annual expenditure (of a state, organization, etc.)

• 歳暮せいぼ

  year-end gift

• ２０歳はたち
  N5

  20 years old

• 万々歳ばんばんざい

  matter for great congratulation

• 歳時記さいじき

  almanac of seasonal words (for haiku poets)

• 歳費さいひ

  annual expenditure

• 歳末さいまつ
  N1

  year end

• 万歳まんざい

  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

• 何歳なんさい
  N5

  how old; what age

• お歳暮おせいぼ
  N1

  year-end gift

• ０歳ゼロさい

  under 1 year old (of a baby); 0 years old

• ゼロ歳児ゼロさいじ

  child under a year old

• マイナス１歳マイナスいっさい

  prenatal period (of a baby's development); period when a baby is in the womb

• 一般会計歳出いっぱんかいけいさいしゅつ

  general account expenditure

• 一般歳出いっぱんさいしゅつ

  general expenditures; general spending

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