Lingaku- reaching age of 60; dotage; second childhood
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- reaching age of 60
- dotage
- second childhood
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 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.
This highlights a return to childlike behavior or mentality, often seen as a joyful or innocent phase in one's later years.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ほんけかえり本卦還りするto reach the age of 60ほんけかえり本卦還りのとし年the year of reaching the age of 60ほんけかえり本卦還りをむかえる迎えるto welcome the second childhoodほんけかえり本卦還りのじき時期the period of dotageほんけかえり本卦還りをいしき意識するto be conscious of reaching old ageほんけかえり本卦還りにはいる入るto enter one's second childhoodじんせい人生のほんけかえり本卦還りthe second childhood in life