noun

  1. East Asian age reckoning, traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
数え年 かぞえどし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

number, strength, fate
スウ かず かぞ.える (2nd, N3)
surname, constellation, to wear
ル ロウ つな.ぐ
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
year, counter for years
とし ネン ね (1st, N5)