年頃
としごろ
approximate age; marriageable age; adolescence
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Examples
娘はもう年頃だ。
むすめはもうとしごろだ。
My daughter is at that age already.
大体君と同じ年頃の若い娘だった。
だいたいきみとおなじとしごろのわかいむすめだった。
She was a young girl about your age.
年頃の子供は親と話したがらないものだ。
としごろのこどもはおやとはなしたがらないものだ。
Children at that age tend not to want to talk to their parents.
Common patterns
- 同じ年頃
- about the same age
- 年頃の娘
- a daughter of marriageable age
- 年頃になる
- to reach that age
Memory tip
Two senses to keep apart: the neutral 'roughly this age' (同じ年頃 = about the same age) and, used alone of a young woman, 'of marriageable age'. The second sense can sound old-fashioned or intrusive today.
Kanji in this word
- 年yearネン・とし
- 頃Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists
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