3. Counter for age = sai 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ichi ni san shi/yon go roku shichi/nana hachi kyuu juu juuichi juuni juusan is-sai ni-sai san-sai yon-sai go-sai roku-sai nana-sai has-sai kyuu-sai jus-sai juuis-sai juuni-sai juusan-sai
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Particle-o is a kind of indicator which shows politeness towards others. It is not added to one’s own things.
This is a photo of a 7-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy. Japanese family take their 3-year-old-girl, 5-year-old boy and 7-year-old girl to the near-by shrine to celebrate special anniversary on 15 th November. Children are dressed in traditional kimono and have special long candies in paper bags. This celebration is called “Shichi-Go-San”, 7-5-3.
In Japan, Coming of age is age of 20. Twenty-year-old women usually ware kimono at the ceremony.