noun
English loanword used in Japanese for the number 16, often in contexts like ages, scores, or sizes. Less common than the native Japanese number 十六 (じゅうろく).
彼女はまだシックスティーンだ。
She is still sixteen.
スコアはシックスティーン対ゼロだった。
The score was sixteen to zero.
The standard native Japanese number for 16, used in most everyday counting. シックスティーン is an English loanword used mainly in specific contexts like sports scores, ages in Western settings, or fashion sizes.
Borrowed from English 'sixteen'.