— year-end, age, occasion, opportunity

  • JLPT N3
  • 13 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 止
  • #269 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
サイセイ
Kun'yomi
としとせよわい

Example words

  • 万歳ばんざい(1) crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture) (2) something worthy of celebration (3) giving up (4) long time (5) eternal life (and prosperity) (6) banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray)
  • 二十歳はたち(1) 20 years old (2) twenty