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])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠nɾe̞kʲi]

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)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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