暦れき数すう

noun

calendar making; number of years; one's fate; the year

Rare and somewhat archaic term. 暦数 can refer to the art of calendar-making, the count of years, or poetically to one's destiny or the passing year. Modern equivalents are more common for each sub-sense.

• 暦れき数すうは古こ代だいの重じゅう要ような学がく問もんだった。

  Calendar making was an important field of study in ancient times.

• 暦れき数すうが尽つきるとは、寿じゅ命みょうが尽つきるという意い味みだ。

  When one's 暦数 runs out, it means one's life has come to an end.