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    3. 米寿

    米寿

    米べい寿じゅ

    88th birthday

    KMT9News #29+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab13 strokes

    べいじゅ

    Noun

    1.
    88th birthday

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    祖そ父ふは今こと年し、米べい寿じゅを迎むかえます。

    My grandfather will celebrate his 88th birthday this year.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsCulture & Traditions
    米べい寿じゅのお祝いわいに、家か族ぞくみんなで旅りょ行こうに行いきました。

    For the 88th birthday celebration, the whole family went on a trip.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsFamily & RelationshipsTravel & Transportation
    日に本ほんには、還かん暦れきや米べい寿じゅなど、年ねん齢れいに応 じた様さま々ざまなお祝いわいの習しゅう慣かんがあります。

    In Japan, there are various celebration customs according to age, such as Kanreki (60th birthday) and Beiju (88th birthday).

    KMT9Culture & Traditions
    祖そ母ぼの米べい寿じゅ祝いわいのために、赤あかいちゃんちゃんこを用よう意いしました。

    For my grandmother's 88th birthday celebration, I prepared a red padded vest.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships
    米べい寿じゅは、漢かん字じの「米こめ」を分ぶん解かいすると八はち十じゅう八はちになることに由ゆ来らいする長ちょう寿じゅの祝いわいです。

    Beiju is a longevity celebration derived from the fact that the kanji for "rice" (米) can be broken down into eighty-eight (八十八).

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    米
    こめ・よね…(11)
    rice・USA・metre
    寿
    ことぶき・ことぶ.く・ことほ.ぐ…(16)
    longevity・congratulations・one's natural life
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