還暦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
還	暦
かん Grade: S	れき Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
還曆 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

還 (kan, “return”) refers to sixty years being a sexagenary cycle in the Chinese 干支 calendar.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんれき [kàńrékí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠n̺ɾe̞kʲi]

Noun

還(かん)暦(れき) • (kanreki) ^{←くわんれき (kwanreki)?}

1. sexagennial, kanreki (the sixtieth anniversary or sixtieth birthday)

   還(かん)暦(れき)祝(いわ)い

   kanreki iwai

   60th birthday party

   還(かん)暦(れき)土(ど)俵(ひょう)入(い)り

   kanreki dohyō iri

   entrance to the sumo ring at 60 (the ceremony to celebrate a yokozuna sumo wrestler's 60th birthday)

Synonyms

• 華(か)甲(こう) (kakō)
• 本(ほん)卦(け)還(がえ)り (honke-gaeri)
• 六(ろく)十(じゅう)年(ねん)祭(さい) (rokujūnensai)

Related terms

• 干支(えと) (eto, “sexagenary cycle”)