芳ほう紀き

noun

marriageable age of a young woman; sweet sixteen

Literary and somewhat dated term for a young woman's prime years, often with a nuance of sexual attractiveness and marriageability. Not used in casual conversation; encountered mainly in older literature or poetic contexts.

• 彼かの女じょは芳ほう紀きまさに十じゅう八はち、というたたずまいだった。

  She had the air of a young woman just at the peak of her youth, around eighteen.