とし
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. year
Noun
2. age; years
3. past one's prime; old age
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (82 in total)
year before last
every year; yearly; annually
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
months and years
older; senior
half a year; six months
to grow old; to age
approximate age; age range
to grow old
the old year; last year
next year; following year
apparent age (of someone); rough age
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
for one's age
age; years (old)
following year
wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom
age (esp. advanced)
to grow older (esp. older than other people in the same group or situation); to advance in age; to be very aged
age relationship; luck attending age
the coming year
Man of the Year, referring to a man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year
the year ends
one year; some time ago
younger; junior
to grow old
young; youthful
to grow old; to age
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
to age; to grow old
senior; older; elderly
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
age difference; age gap
the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
have a happy New Year
age (esp. advanced)
to enter a New Year
to grow older; to advance in age; to be very aged
young; youthful
old age; oncoming age
beginning of the year; the oldest person
annually; every year
older; elderly
year after year; as the years go by; with each passing year
one's age
old person
considering this age
year-end fair; year-end market
for many years; anciently
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year
growing older; aging ceremony (on New Year's Eve or the last night of winter)
the New Year dawns
to grow old
goddess of (lucky) directions
way one ages; aging (gracefully, etc.)
the passing year; the old year
the passing year; the old year
Woman of the Year, referring to a woman born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year
the New Year begins
middle of a year
the New Year dawns
every year; year by year
to grow old
unbecoming to one's age
crying over spilt milk; (lit.) counting the age of one's dead child
continuance into the New Year
old (person); aged
beans of the bean-scattering ceremony
annual festival
to grow old
Tōhoku harvest divination event (14th night of the New Year)
morning of the New Year
some people are never satisfied; (lit.) the crane envies the longevity of the turtle
New Year's Eve; December 31; Jupiter (planet)
grain (esp. rice); rice cultivation
Examples (35 in total)
Can you tell my age?
He's younger than me.
Christmas fell on Saturday that year.