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jmdict 1195530 Active (id: 2172894)
華甲花甲
かこう
1. [n]
▶ 60th birthday
▶ age of 60
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1215160 還暦 1. kanreki; one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle



History:
3. A 2022-01-09 05:13:15  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2022-01-09 01:30:57  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
華甲	1252
花甲	171

this is a synonym of 還暦 which means 60 years old, not 61, today. it's 61 in 数え年 only (i.e. when you're counted as 1 when you're born)
  Diff:
@@ -15 +15,3 @@
-<gloss>aged 61</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1215160">還暦</xref>
+<gloss>60th birthday</gloss>
+<gloss>age of 60</gloss>
1. A* 2022-01-09 00:04:53  Nicolas Maia
  Refs:
https://kotobank.jp/word/華甲・花甲-2021450
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>花甲</keb>

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