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而立 (じりつ, jiritsu) Japanese meaning: age 30 | Kotomora
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Related words 三み 十そ 路じ 三十路 is a more common, slightly old-fashioned way to refer to one's thirties or age thirty, while 而立 is a rare literary term with Confucian origins.
三さん 十じゅっ 歳さい 三十歳 is the standard, neutral way to say 'thirty years old'; 而立 is a classical, elevated alternative.
Etymology From the Confucian Analects (論語), where Confucius describes his life stages: 'At fifteen, I set my heart on learning; at thirty, I stood firm (而立).' The term is a direct borrowing of this classical Chinese phrase.
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論ろん 語ご の 「 三さん 十じゅう に し て 立た つ 」 から 、 三さん 十じゅっ 歳さい を 而じ 立りつ と いう 。
From the Analects' 'At thirty, I stood firm,' age thirty is called 而立.
