Illustration: In the courtyard of a family home, an elderly woman and her adult daughter stand beneath a thick-trunked persimmon tree. The daughter holds an old photograph at chest height, clearly showing the same courtyard when the tree was a slender sapling.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

歳さい月げつ

saigetsu

passing years, passage of time

Example sentences

  1. 父ちちが死しんでから五年ごねんの歳月さいげつが経たった。

    Five years have gone by since my father died.

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  2. 完成かんせいに2年ねんの歳月さいげつを費ついやした。

    I spent two years to finish this.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. この仕事しごとの遂行すいこうは多おおくの歳月さいげつを要ようした。

    The accomplishment of this task took many years.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 歳月

  • 歳year-end; ageOnサイ・セイKunとし・とせ・よわい
  • 月month; moonOnゲツ・ガツKunつき

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