Word Meaning 年頃
年頃 is read as としごろ (toshigoro) and means appropriate age (to ...).
Meaning
English
- appropriate age (to ...)
- old enough (to ...)
- approximate age
- apparent age
- past few years
- for some years
- marriageable age (esp. of a woman)
- age of maturity
Reading
Kana
としごろ
Romaji
toshigoro
Writing Variants
- 年ごろ としごろ toshigoro
Stroke Sequence
2 Characters • 17 Total StrokesStudy Signals and Categories
Related Vocabulary
Max. 12箸が転んでもおかしい年頃
はしがころんでもおかしいとしごろ
age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of a girl in the late teens)
Example Sentences
6彼女はだいたい私と同じ年頃だ。
She is about my age.
君もそろそろ結婚してもいい年頃だね。
It's about time you got married.
彼女の年頃の子供に善悪の区別がつくでしょうか。
Can a child of her age distinguish good from bad?
色気より食い気からはそろそろ卒業してもいいお年頃だと思うけどね。
I think it's about time you stopped putting your belly before your looks.
日本では2000年頃からの健康ブームの一端で、「ダンベル体操」という家庭向けのフィットネスも登場した。
In Japan, due partly to the fitness boom that began from around 2000, 'dumbbell training' also appeared as a way to exercise at home.
「最近、お疲れのようですが、何かあったんですか？」「あっ、年頃になってきた娘のことで、あれこれと気を揉むことが多くてね」
"You seem kind of worn down lately, is everything all right?" "Oh, it's my daughter. She's all grown up now, so I'm worried about all sorts of things."