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Meanings
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East Asian age reckoning; traditional age counting
abbreviation
Abbreviation of 数え年. Refers to the traditional system where a person is 1 at birth and gains a year on New Year's Day, not on their birthday. Often contrasted with 満年齢 (Western-style age).
See also: 数え年 (かぞえどし) · 満 (まん)
My grandmother will be 90 years old by the traditional count.
Please explain the difference between traditional age reckoning and Western-style age.
Usage patterns
- 〈数え〉で〈数〉歳to be [number] years old by traditional age reckoning
By traditional reckoning, my grandmother is turning ninety.
- 数えで言うとif counted the traditional way
By the traditional count, he'll turn seventy this year.