Word Meaning 六十の三つ子

ろくじゅうのみつご rokujuu no mitsugo

六十の三つ子 is read as ろくじゅうのみつご (rokujuu no mitsugo) and means an old man is twice a child.

Meaning

English

an old man is twice a child

Reading

Kana

ろくじゅうのみつご

Romaji

rokujuu no mitsugo

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 100899 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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三十六計

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the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)

三十六計逃げるにしかず

さんじゅうろっけいにげるにしかず

the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat

三十六字母

さんじゅうろくじぼ

36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)

富嶽三十六景

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Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai)

六つ子

むつご

sextuplets

六調子

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six main gagaku modes (equivalent to A Dorian, B Dorian, E Dorian, D Mixolydian, E Mixolydian and G Mixolydian)

六十

むそ

sixty

六十四分音符

ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ

64th note

六十六部

ろくじゅうろくぶ

Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

六十余州

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66-odd provinces of old Japan

六三制

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six-three system of education (six years of elementary school, followed by three years of junior high school)