Comments on: Japanese words for age

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 03:50:48 +0000

pls can u write the romaji for these ages because it’s confusing.

By: Dima Antonov

Dima Antonov — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:49:11 +0000

It’s very nice of you to share this info and I really like you noted in the beginning that it’s super advanced – I hesitated to go over 二十歳（はたち） but I did peeked a little. どもう！

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By: Setyo Nugroho

Setyo Nugroho — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:32:10 +0000

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By: Delphine

Delphine — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:31:14 +0000

It’s nice to know how to say I’m a 1082 years old, could definitely come in handy! haha I love all of the kanji play – these are all really interesting! I’m actually 20 myself, so for a while I had to keep reminding myself I had to say “hatachi.”

By: Thomas McAuley

Thomas McAuley — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:34:33 +0000

Fascinating compendium of age words. I’d quibble with your description of 初老 as meaning ‘over the hill’, though, because reaching this age is a good thing to do in Japan, as age brings wisdom and experience. Perhaps, ‘in one’s prime’ would be better?