年とし頃ごろ

noun

approximate age; apparent age; around the same age

Refers to someone’s rough or apparent age, often in phrases like 同じ年頃 or その年頃.

• 彼かれは私わたしと同おなじ年とし頃ごろに見みえる。

  He looks about the same age as me.

• その年とし頃ごろの子こどもは好こう奇き心しんが強つよい。

  Children around that age are very curious.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

age of maturity; marriageable age; young adult age

Often used in 年頃の娘 for a daughter or young woman at a socially sensitive or traditionally marriageable age; the phrase can sound somewhat traditional depending on context.

• 彼かれには年とし頃ごろの娘むすめが二人ふたりいる。

  He has two daughters of marriageable age.

• 年とし頃ごろの子こどもには、親おやに話はなしにくいこともある。

  Children at that age sometimes have things they find hard to tell their parents.

noun

age when something happened; around the age that ...

Used after a modifying phrase to mean the age or approximate age at which the described event or state applies.

• 母ははが結けっ婚こんした年とし頃ごろに、私わたしも将しょう来らいを真しん剣けんに考かんがえ始はじめた。

  Around the age when my mother got married, I too began thinking seriously about my future.

• 父ちちが独どく立りつした年とし頃ごろに、彼かれは自じ分ぶんの店みせを持もった。

  Around the age when his father became independent, he opened his own shop.

adverb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

for years; for a long time

Dated use meaning 長年 or 長い間. It is mainly encountered in older or literary writing, not in ordinary modern conversation.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうで「年とし頃ごろ会あわなかった友とも」とあれば、「長なが年ねん会あわなかった友とも」という意い味みになる。

  In old writing, 年頃会わなかった友 means 'a friend one had not seen for many years.'