年頃
としごろ
Also written 年ごろ
Meanings
- Noun approximate age; apparent age
- Noun, の-adjective marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age of adulthood
- Noun age (when ...) (after a modifying phrase)
- Adverb, の-adjective for years (past); for a long time
Kanji
Example sentences
- 君は行儀よくする年頃です。
You are old enough to behave yourself. - 君はもう、自活できる年頃だ。
You are now old enough to support yourself. - 君はそんなことをしないだけの分別があってもいい年頃だ。
You are old enough to know better than to act like that. - もっと分別があってもいい年頃だよ。
You're old enough to know better. - 君もそろそろ結婚してもいい年頃だね。
It's about time you got married.
Common phrases
Words containing 年頃
- 年頃日頃 (としごろひごろ) these days
- 箸が転んでもおかしい年頃 (はしがころんでもおかしいとしごろ) age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of girls in their late teens)