JLPT N1 · Noun / adverb

年頃 (toshigoro)

年頃 (としごろ, toshigoro) is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “approximate age; apparent age”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: としごろ
Romaji: toshigoro
Word class: Noun / adverb
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

approximate age; apparent age · noun
marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age of adulthood · noun, noun taking の
age (when ...) · noun · after a modifying phrase
for years (past); for a long time · adverb, noun taking の · dated

Example sentences

大体君と同じ年頃の若い娘だった。

She was a young girl about your age.

Tatoeba #137403

もっと分別があってもいい年頃だよ。

You're old enough to know better.

Tatoeba #193206

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 年頃

year, counter for yearsネン・とし · 6 strokes

time, about, towardケイ・キョウ・ころ・ごろ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 年頃.

年としyear年ねんyear去年きょねんlast year今年ことしthis year毎年まいねんevery year来年らいねんnext yearさ来年さらいねんyear after next万年筆まんねんひつfountain pen少年しょうねんboy青年せいねんyouth年月としつきmonths and years年寄としよりold person年間ねんかん(period of) a year年月ねんげつmonths and years

Source: JMdict entry 1468660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.