Chinese edit

year
 
under; next; lower
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad.
(年下)
anagram 下年

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

年下

  1. (colloquial) period around the Chinese New Year
Synonyms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 年下(としした) (toshishita).

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

年下

  1. (ACG) younger person (in yaoi)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
とし
Grade: 1
した
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of (toshi, year; age) +‎ (shita, down; low, lower).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(とし)(した) (toshishita

  1. younger-ness, juniority: the state of being younger than others
  2. a younger person, a junior
    ()になった男子(だんし)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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.