五十路

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 1
ち > じ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
五十

Etymology

/isodi/ → /isozi/. Shift from earlier いそち (isochi),[1] which is from Old Japanese, a compound of 五十 (iso, thirty) +‎ (chi, a suffix derived from (tsu), an Old Japanese counter). The -chi changes to -ji as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

()()() • (isojiいそぢ (isodi)?

  1. (uncommon) fifty
  2. (uncommon) fifty years of age
  • 十路(そじ) (soji)
  • 二十歳(はたち) (hatachi)
  • 三十路(みそじ) (misoji)
  • 四十路(よそじ) (yosoji)
  • 六十路(むそじ) (musoji)
  • 七十路(ななそじ) (nanasoji)
  • 八十路(やそじ) (yasoji)
  • 九十路(ここのそじ) (kokonosoji)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN