noun
60th birthday; age of 60
A traditional term for the 60th birthday, synonymous with 還暦. Often used in celebratory contexts.
See also: 還暦
祖父は今年、華甲を迎えた。
My grandfather celebrated his 60th birthday this year.
華甲のお祝いに赤いちゃんちゃんこを贈った。
We gave a red vest as a gift for the 60th birthday celebration.
還暦 is the more common term for the 60th birthday; 華甲 is a less frequent synonym with a literary or traditional flavor.
The spelling 華甲 comes from splitting the character 華 into six tens (十) and one (一), representing 61, which is traditionally associated with the 60th birthday in the East Asian age reckoning system.