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還暦(かんれき)60th birthday

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    1. Noun

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

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    還暦 【かんれき】

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      (かぞ)(どし)六十一(ろくじゅういっ)(さい)(こと)還暦(かんれき)()います。

      In traditional age counting, turning sixty-one is referred to as your 60th birthday

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      還暦(かんれき)祖父(そふ)にお(いわ)いの花束(はなたば)(おく)りました。

      I gave a bouquet to my grandfather in celebration of his 60th birthday.

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      もう自分(じぶん)(ちち)還暦(かんれき)(むか)えたのか…と感慨深(かんがいぶか)くなった。

      It hit me hard... My father has already reached his 60th birthday.

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      持病(じびょう)があるのに還暦(かんれき)(むか)える(こと)出来(でき)るとは(おも)っていなかった。

      With my chronic illness, I never thought I'd make it to my 60th birthday.

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      還暦(かんれき)(むか)えた先輩(せんぱい)社員(しゃいん)今日(きょう)をもって会社(かいしゃ)退職(たいしょく)すると()きました。

      I heard that the senior employee who just celebrated his 60th birthday is retiring today.

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