傘 寿(さんじゅ)

さんじゅ

noun

80th birthday; 80th-birthday celebration

1. 80th birthday; celebration of one's eightieth year

A traditional celebration of a person's 80th birthday. The name comes from the cursive form of 傘(さん) (umbrella), which resembles the character 八十(はちじゅう) (eighty).

祖父(そふ)が傘寿(さんじゅ)を迎(むか)えた。

My grandfather turned eighty.

傘寿(さんじゅ)のお祝(いわ)いに家族(かぞく)で食事会(しょくじかい)を開(ひら)いた。

We held a family dinner to celebrate his eightieth birthday.

傘寿(さんじゅ)を迎(むか)えてもなお、祖母(そぼ)は毎日(まいにち)散歩(さんぽ)を欠(か)かさない。

Even after turning eighty, my grandmother never misses her daily walk.

傘寿(さんじゅ) celebrates a person's 80th birthday, one of the traditional Japanese longevity milestones (長寿(ちょうじゅ)のお祝(いわ)い). The name comes from the cursive shorthand for 傘(さん) (umbrella), which looks like the character for eighty; the traditional celebratory color is gold or yellow.

Common collocations

傘寿(さんじゅ)を迎(むか)える: to reach one's eightieth year
傘寿(さんじゅ)のお祝(いわ)い: an 80th-birthday celebration

Types

Part of a sequence of longevity milestones: 古希(こき) (70), 喜寿(きじゅ) (77), 傘寿(さんじゅ) (80), 米寿(べいじゅ) (88), 卒寿(そつじゅ) (90), 白寿(はくじゅ) (99).

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Added 2026.9.20 13:23 · Revised 2026.9.20 13:27

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