数え

かぞえ

Meanings

1. Noun East Asian age reckoning (i.e.: traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age) See also: 数え年 (かぞえどし). See also: 満 (まん).

Kanji

• 数 number. Read as かぞえる.

Example sentences

• 怒った時は、言葉を発する前に数を１０数えよ。
  When angry, count to ten before you speak.
• 腹がたったら十数えよ。もっと腹がたったら百数えよ。
  When angry, count ten; when very angry, a hundred.
• トムは今、１９だけど、数えだと２０です。
  Tom is currently 19, but he's 20 if you go by the Kazoedoshi counting system.

Words containing 数え

• 数える (かぞえる) to count
• 数え年 (かぞえどし) East Asian age reckoning
• 数え方 (かぞえかた) counting system

And 11 more.

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