成人年齢

Meanings

1. Noun

   age of majority; age of adulthood

• 日本にほんでは、民法みんぽうの改正かいせいにより、２０２２年ねん４月しがつから成人年齢せいじんねんれいが１８歳さいに引ひき下さげられます。

  In accordance with amendments to the Civil Code, starting April 2022, the age of majority in Japan will be lowered to 18.

• 成人年齢せいじんねんれいが１８歳さいに引ひき下さげられた後あとも、成人式せいじんしきは今いままで通どおり２０歳ぜろさいで行おこなうという自治体じちたいが多おおいようです。

  Even after the legal age of adulthood got lowered to 18, it seems like there's still a lot of places where they continue to do their coming of age ceremonies at 20, as they'd been doing before.