還暦
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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還 | 暦 |
かん Grade: S |
れき Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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還曆 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
還 (kan, “return”) refers to sixty years being a sexagenary cycle in the Chinese 干支 calendar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
還暦 • (kanreki) ←くわんれき (kwanreki)?
- sexagennial, kanreki (the sixtieth anniversary or sixtieth birthday)
- 還暦祝い
- kanreki iwai
- 60th birthday party
- 還暦土俵入り
- kanreki dohyō iri
- entrance to the sumo ring at 60 (the ceremony to celebrate a yokozuna sumo wrestler's 60th birthday)
- 還暦祝い
Synonyms[edit]
- 華甲 (kakō)
- 本卦還り (honke-gaeri)
- 六十年祭 (rokujūnensai)
Related terms[edit]
- 干支 (eto, “sexagenary cycle”)
References[edit]
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