還暦

かんれき

Meanings

1. Noun kanreki (i.e.: one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle)

Kanji

• 還 send back. Read as カン.
• 暦 calendar. Read as レキ.

Example sentences

• 母方の祖父は明日還暦を迎える。
  My grandfather on my mother's side is celebrating his 60th birthday tomorrow.
• 明日は母方の祖父の還暦祝いをする。
  My grandfather on my mother's side is celebrating his 60th birthday tomorrow.
• 明日は母方の祖父の還暦のお祝いをする。
  My grandfather on my mother's side is celebrating his 60th birthday tomorrow.

Common phrases

• 還暦を迎える
• 還暦を過ぎる

Words containing 還暦

• 還暦土俵入り (かんれきどひょういり) former grand champion's 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony
• 還暦横綱手数入り (かんれきよこづなでずいり) former grand champion's 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony
• 大還暦 (だいかんれき) 120th birthday

And 1 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists