才 - N3 Kanji

Meaning of 才意味

genius, years old, cubic shaku

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才 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

KUNYOMI　訓読み

サイ sai

Examples

われわれのすべてが生まれつき音楽の才があるわけではない。

Not all of us are born with musical talent.

５４歳で死んだ。

He died aged 54 years.

１９歳です。

I am 19 years old.

５歳の時は、バスの運転手になりたかった。

I wanted to be a bus driver when I was five.

９０歳以上生きることは決してまれではない。

It is not rare at all to live over ninety years.

５０歳は超えているはずだ。

He must be over fifty.

６歳以上の子供は学校に通わなければならない。

Children of six and above should attend school.

１８歳未満の方の入場は禁じます。

Entrance is restricted to those above 18.

１３歳のときに彼女は家出した。

When she was thirteen, she ran away from home.

１２才の時彼は声変わりした。

His voice broke when he was twelve.

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判 judgement, signature, stamp, seal

材 lumber, log, timber, wood, materials, ingredients, talent

坂 slope, incline, hill

逆 inverted, reverse, opposite, wicked

様 Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix