Source Word
べいじゅ
Kanji
米寿
Noun
Japanese Meaning
長寿の祝いの一つで、数え年88歳のこと。漢字の「米」の字形が「八十八」と分解できることに由来する。 / 88歳を迎えた人、またはその年に行う祝賀行事。
Easy Japanese Meaning
八十八さいをむかえるいわいのこと。こめのもじのかたちからきたなまえ。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
八十八岁 / 八十八岁寿辰(米寿,因“米”字上下含“八”)
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
米壽 / 八十八歲的壽誕或壽慶
Korean Meaning
88세, 여든여덟 살 / 여든여덟 번째 생일 또는 그 장수 축하
Indonesian
usia ke-88 / perayaan usia ke-88 dalam tradisi Jepang
Vietnamese Meaning
tuổi 88 / lễ mừng thọ 88 tuổi ở Nhật
Tagalog Meaning
edad na walumpu't walo / pagdiriwang ng ika-88 kaarawan (sa Hapon) / okasyon ng ika-88 taon ng buhay
Sense(1)
age of eighty-eight (from the shape of the character 米 which contains the letters 八 in the upper and lower parts)
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