年下

Chinese

year
 
under; next; lower
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad.
(年下)
年 下
anagram 下年

Pronunciation


Noun

年下

  1. (colloquial) period around the Chinese New Year
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 年下(としした) (toshishita).

Pronunciation


Noun

年下

  1. (ACG) younger person (in yaoi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年 下
とし
Grade: 1
した
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 年 (toshi, “year; age”) +‎ 下 (shita, “down; low, lower”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) としした [tòshíshítá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [to̞ɕiɕita̠]

Noun

年(とし)下(した) • (toshishita) 

  1. younger-ness, juniority: the state of being younger than others
  2. a younger person, a junior
    好(す)きになった男子(だんし)は年下(としした)だった!
    Suki ni natta danshi wa toshishita datta!
    I fell in love with a younger man!

Antonyms

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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