歳
Counter · Time
歳 sai
Counts age
For someone's age. It is often written with the simpler 才.
Counting from one to ten
Highlighted forms change their sound, so learn them by heart.
| Number | Reading | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | いっさい | issai |
| 2 | にさい | nisai |
| 3 | さんさい | sansai |
| 4 | よんさい | yonsai |
| 5 | ごさい | gosai |
| 6 | ろくさい | rokusai |
| 7 | ななさい | nanasai |
| 8 | はっさい | hassai |
| 9 | きゅうさい | kyūsai |
| 10 | じゅっさい or じっさい | jussai / jissai |
| How many? | なんさい | nansai |
Twenty years old has its own word, はたち (二十歳).
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