kanreki

K5A1N1R1E1K5I1

noun

A traditional 60th birthday celebration among Japanese people.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounkanreki (plural kanreki)
  1. A traditional 60th birthday celebration among Japanese people.

Origin

  1. Japanese還暦
  2. Englishkanreki

Borrowed from Japanese 還暦 (kanreki).

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kanreki. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kanreki

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“kanreki.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kanreki. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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