還暦

• 読み: かんれき
• ローマ字: kanreki
• 漢字の分解: 還 (kan) — return, come back; 暦 (reki/koyomi) — calendar, almanac
• 発音: /kaɴ.ɾe.ki/

意味

Kanreki; 60th birthday celebration. The milestone marking a full cycle of the sexagenary calendar.

A noun for the celebration of one's 60th birthday, based on the completion of one full cycle of the traditional Chinese-Japanese sexagenary calendar (combining 10 heavenly stems and 12 earthly branches, totalling 60 years). Traditionally, the person wears a red vest (赤いちゃんちゃんこ) symbolising rebirth. While the red vest tradition is becoming less common, 還暦 celebrations remain an important family milestone in Japan.

例文

1. 来年、父が還暦を迎える。
2. 還暦のお祝いに家族で温泉旅行に行った。
3. 還暦を過ぎても元気に働いている人は多い。

使い方ガイド

場面: family celebrations, milestones, ageing

トーン: celebratory

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 還 (kan, return) + 暦 (reki, calendar). Literally 'returning calendar' — the completion of one full 60-year cycle, symbolically returning to the beginning.

文化的背景

時代: Traditional

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal