Word Meaning 四十

よそ yoso

四十 is read as よそ (yoso) and means forty.

Meaning

English

  1. forty
  2. 40

Reading

Kana

よそ

Romaji

yoso

Writing Variants

  • 40 しじゅう shijuu
  • 40 よそ yoso
  • 40 よんじゅう yonjuu
  • 四〇 しじゅう shijuu
  • 四〇 よそ yoso
  • 四〇 よんじゅう yonjuu
  • 四拾 しじゅう shijuu
  • 四拾 よそ yoso
  • 四拾 よんじゅう yonjuu
  • 四十 しじゅう shijuu
  • 四十 よんじゅう yonjuu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 7 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 222 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

四十九日

しじゅうくにち

forty-ninth day after a person's death

四十七士

しじゅうしちし

The 47 Ronin

四国八十八箇所

しこくはちじゅうはっかしょ

88 temples of Shikoku (holy spots related to Kobo Daishi)

四十不惑

しじゅうふわく

at age forty, one has no doubts

四十八手

しじゅうはって

every trick in the book

四十肩

しじゅうかた

shoulder pain occurring in one's 40s

十四

じゅうし

14

二十四時間制

にじゅうよじかんせい

around-the-clock system

六十四分音符

ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ

64th note

二十四節気

にじゅうしせっき

24 divisions of the solar year

二十四史

にじゅうしし

Twenty-Four Histories

一都一道二府四十三県

いっといちどうにふよんじゅうさんけん

one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper

Example Sentences

10

I'm forty years old.

He's already almost 40.

A 40- or 50-year-old is a snot-nosed brat.

He built forty-eight forts.

Forty-seven men wanted the nomination.

He built forty-eight forts.

They'll get out of class in forty minutes.

I think she's over 40 years old.

It was not until he was forty that he began to study German.

Her girlish complexion belied the fact that she was over forty.