Word Meaning 百歳

ももとせ momotose

百歳 is read as ももとせ (momotose) and means century.

Meaning

English

century
hundred years
a long time

Reading

Kana

ももとせ

Romaji

momotose

Writing Variants

百年ひゃくねん hyakunen
百年ももとせ momotose

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 88302 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

百合

ゆり

lily (Lilium spp.)

百人一首

ひゃくにんいっしゅ

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu

百科

ひゃっか

many objects (for study)

百選

ひゃくせん

top hundred

百景

ひゃっけい

100 famous views

百科全書

ひゃっかぜんしょ

Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (French encylopedia edited by Denis Diderot)

百害

ひゃくがい

great damage

百家争鳴

ひゃっかそうめい

let a hundred schools of thought contend

百人一首かるた

ひゃくにんいっしゅかるた

Hyakunin Isshu karuta

百人首

ひゃくにんしゅ

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu

百面相

ひゃくめんそう

making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props

百点

ひゃくてん

hundred points