耳じ順じゅん

noun

age 60; sexagenarian

From the Analects of Confucius: at 60, one's ear becomes attuned and one can follow the will of heaven without conflict. Used in formal or literary contexts to refer to the age of 60.

• 孔こう子しは六ろく十じゅうにして耳じ順じゅんす。

  Confucius said, 'At sixty, my ear was attuned.'

• 祖そ父ふは耳じ順じゅんを迎むかえ、ますます穏おだやかになった。

  My grandfather reached the age of 60 and became even more serene.