千歳

千歳

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
千	歳
ち Grade: 1	とせ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
千歲 (kyūjitai) 千年

千 (“thousand”) +‎ 歳 (“year”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) ちとせ [chìtósé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• (Tokyo) ちと​せ [chìtóꜜsè] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi̥to̞se̞]

Noun

千(ち)歳(とせ) • (chitose) 

1. Synonym of 千年 (sennen, “thousand years; millennium; very long time”)

Proper noun

千(ち)歳(とせ) • (Chitose) 

1. a female given name
2. Chitose (a city in Ishikari, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)
3. (historical) Chitose (a district of Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)
4. (historical) Chitose (a village in Chitose district, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)
5. (historical) Chitose (a village in Ōtomari district, Karafuto prefecture, Japan)
6. (historical) Chitose (a village in Higashimurayama district, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan)
7. (historical) Chitose (a village in Asai district, Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
8. (historical) Chitose (a village in Awa district, Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
9. (historical) Chitose (a village in Minamikuwada district, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)
10. (historical) Chitose (a village in Kitatama district, Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
11. (historical) Chitose (a village in Kanzaki district, Saga Prefecture, Japan)
12. (historical) Chitose (a village in Ōno district, Ōita Prefecture, Japan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
千	歳
ち Grade: 1	とせ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
千歲 (kyūjitai) 千載

From Middle Chinese 千歲 (MC t͡sʰen siuᴇi^H, “thousand years of age”).

Noun

千歳(せんざい) • (senzai) 

1. Synonym of 千年 (sennen, “thousand years; millennium; very long time”)
2. a role in the 翁 (Okina) routine in Noh

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN