VOCABULARY
同い年
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お
na
な
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same age
someone of the same age
noun
Example sentences
彼とは同い年だから話しやすい。
He's the same age as me, so he's easy to talk to.
私たちは偶然同い年だった。
We happened to be the same age.
同い年の友達が一番気楽だ。
Friends of the same age are the most relaxing.
あの俳優は私と同い年らしい。
That actor is apparently the same age as me.
Practice exercises
1
彼は私と同い年だ。
He is the same age as me.
Answer
同い年
2
彼と私は同い年です。
He and I are the same age.
Answer
同い年
3
彼女は職場で同い年の人と意気投合しました。
She hit it off with someone of the same age at work.
Answer
同い年
4
彼女とは、出身地も考え方も違うけれど、同い年というだけで不思議と親近感が湧く。
Even though she and I are from different places and have different ways of thinking, just being the same age somehow makes me feel a strange sense of closeness.
Answer
同い年
5
歴史上の偉人と自分とでは時代が異なるが、偶然にも同い年であると知ると、より親近感が湧くことがある。
Although I and historical figures live in different eras, when I coincidentally learn that we are of the same age, I sometimes feel an even greater sense of closeness.
Answer
同い年