Comparing ages
Word sets, Stage 1chunk 7 of 15Years and age
Lets you talk about age, being the same age, or someone's decade.
Mix-ups nijuudai (in one's twenties) vs hatachi (exactly twenty).
nenrei
age
The formal word, used on forms, in rules and in news; in conversation people mostly say toshi.
nenrei kankei nai yo.
Age doesn't matter.
年齢関係ないよ。
nenrei wa kankei arimasen.
Age doesn't matter.
年齢は関係ありません。
Written 年齢 · ねんれいRank #2076 in 3,030 TV dramas
onaidoshi
the same age
Said of people born in the same year, a quick bond in Japan: onaidoshi da ne = we're the same age.
Older is toshiue, younger is toshishita.
ee, onaidoshi nan da!
Oh, we're the same age!
えー、同い年なんだ！
ee, onaidoshi nan desu ne!
Oh, we're the same age!
えー、同い年なんですね！
Written 同い年 · おないどしRank #5046 in 3,030 TV dramas
nijuudai
in one's twenties; the 20s
Swap the number for any decade: sanjuudai = thirties, yonjuudai = forties.
Zenhan = early, kouhan = late: sanjuudai zenhan = early thirties.
tabun nijuudai kouhan kana.
Probably in their late twenties.
たぶん二十代後半かな。
tabun nijuudai kouhan da to omoimasu.
I think they're in their late twenties.
たぶん二十代後半だと思います。
Written 二十代 · にじゅうだいRank #4498 in 3,030 TV dramas