り【ほんけがえり】

    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  1. reaching age of 60; dotage; second childhood
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  • ほんけがえり
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. reaching age of 60
    2. This refers to the time in life when a person has completed a significant cycle of experience, often considered a reflective or nostalgic phase.
    When reaching the age of sixty, many people feel a sense of dotage.
    This period is a second childhood, often filled with reminiscing about the past.
  2. dotage
    3. This meaning emphasizes the stage in life characterized by a decline in mental faculties, which can be associated with aging.
    He has recently entered a state of dotage with declining cognitive abilities.
    Due to dotage, his memory has become vague.
  3. second childhood
    4. This highlights a return to childlike behavior or mentality, often seen as a joyful or innocent phase in one's later years.
    My grandmother has increasingly behaved as if she is in a second childhood.
    During the second childhood phase, one can enjoy a lot of play.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to reach the age of 60the year of reaching the age of 60to welcome the second childhoodthe period of dotageto be conscious of reaching old ageto enter one's second childhoodthe second childhood in life
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