年下

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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

Etymology 1

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

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. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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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