NichiDict

還暦

N1
かんれき
[kanreki]
Illustration for 還暦

Meanings

1.Noun

kanreki; one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle

Examples

父の還暦のお祝いに家族全員が集まった。

The whole family gathered to celebrate my father's 60th birthday.

還暦を迎えた母に赤いちゃんちゃんこを贈った。

I gave my mother a red vest for her 60th birthday.

還暦を過ぎても彼は現役で働いている。

Even past his 60th birthday, he is still working actively.