Word Meaning 七十古希

しちじゅうこき shichijuukoki

七十古希 is read as しちじゅうこき (shichijuukoki) and means men seldom live to be seventy.

Meaning

English

men seldom live to be seventy
few people live to be seventy

Reading

Kana

しちじゅうこき

Romaji

shichijuukoki

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 56193 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

古希

こき

70th birthday

七十

ななそ

seventy

七十人訳聖書

しちじゅうにんやくせいしょ

Septuagint

七十二候

しちじゅうにこう

the 72 microseasons of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into 3

七十路

ななそじ

age seventy

十七殿

じゅうしちでん

seventeen main pavilions of the imperial palace

十七

じゅうしち

四十七士

しじゅうしちし

The 47 Ronin

憲法十七条

けんぽうじゅうしちじょう

Seventeen-Article Constitution (of Asuka-period Japan)

十七条憲法

じゅうしちじょうけんぽう

The Seventeen-Article Constitution

明治二十七八年戦役

めいじにじゅうしちはちねんせんえき

Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)

なくて七癖あって四十八癖

なくてななくせあってしじゅうはっくせ

every person has their eccentricities