数え年

かぞえどし

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)

Kanji

• 数 number. Read as かぞえる.
• 年 year. Read as とし.

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