noun

  1. age of a young lady who is at the peak of her (sexual) attractiveness, marriageable age (of a young lady), sweet sixteen.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
芳紀 ほうき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

perfume, balmy, favorable
かおる ホウ かんば.しい (8th, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
chronicle, account, narrative
キ おさむ ただす (4th, N1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
self
コ おのれ キ (6th, N1)