Word Meaning 成人式

せいじんしき seijinshiki

成人式 is read as せいじんしき (seijinshiki) and means coming-of-age ceremony.

Meaning

English

coming-of-age ceremony

Reading

Kana

せいじんしき

Romaji

seijinshiki

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Related Words 成人,成人の日,新成人,二十歳,酒,お酒,アルコール,タバコ Rank 51487 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

成人

せいじん

adult

成人病

せいじんびょう

adult diseases

成年後見人

せいねんこうけんにん

adult guardian

成人の日

せいじんのひ

Coming of Age Day (national holiday; second Monday in January)

落成式

らくせいしき

ceremony to celebrate the completion of a building

成人教育協会

せいじんきょういくきょうかい

Adult Education Association

成年被後見人

せいねんひこうけんにん

adult ward

人前結婚式

じんぜんけっこんしき

nonreligious wedding ceremony

新成人

しんせいじん

new adult (in Japan, a person who reaches adulthood that year)

株式仲買人

かぶしきなかがいにん

stockbroker

人材育成

じんざいいくせい

human resources training

女人成仏

にょにんじょうぶつ

a woman becoming a Buddha

Example Sentences

トムね、成人式にめっちゃ派手な羽織袴で来たんだよ。

Tom came to the coming-of-age ceremony in super flashy haori and hakama.

成人年齢が１８歳に引き下げられた後も、成人式は今まで通り２０歳で行うという自治体が多いようです。

Even after the legal age of adulthood got lowered to 18, it seems like there's still a lot of places where they continue to do their coming of age ceremonies at 20, as they'd been doing before.