Kanji
Readingろう
Frequency87%
Used in (183 in total)
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
old woman
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
men and women of all ages
member of shogun's council of elders
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
advanced age; senility
elderly nobleman
old couple; elderly couple
old body; aged person; elderly person
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
aging; wearing out; deterioration
old mother; aged mother
(Edo-period) chief minister
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
old or veteran army general
elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; Genro (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
old or key retainer
old soldier
experienced; veteran; skilled; expert
perennial youth
old people; seniors; elders; old-timer
one's old bones; old man
retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home
mature; becoming precocious
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
elderly priest
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
old men; elders; seniors; veterans
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
decrepitude; senescence; superannuation
old father
young and old; all ages
growing old; old person
Laozi; Lao Tzu; Lao Tse
old and young
perpetual youth and longevity
elderly person; I; me
experienced; seasoned; veteran
elderly servant
Council of Five Elders (committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age)
making provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age; spending one's old age in comfort; Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)
old horse
old woman
old pine tree
elderly spinster
senility; dotage; decrepitude
home for the aged; old people's home
old man; elderly man
aging process; ageing process
aged geisha
to be advanced in age
respect for the aged
one's old bones; aged body
elderly Confucian scholar
ugliness of old age
venerable authority; elderly master
elderly or experienced farmer
care for the aged; elderly care; aged care
Presbyterian Church; Presbyterians
progeria; premature senility
old plum tree
superannuation
fermented Chinese alcoholic beverage (esp. Shaoxing wine); old alcohol
old housemaid; old female servant
die of old age
infirmities of old age
Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam); old man living in the countryside
Laozi and Zhuangzi
since growing old
Respect-for-the-Aged Day (national holiday; third Monday in September)
the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
young and old
venerable statesman
meeting to show respect for the aged
premature aging; premature ageing
veteran; expert
old people providing care for old people (parents, siblings, in-laws, etc.)
bedridden senior citizen
senile plaque; neuritic plaque; senile druse
Death comes to old and young alike; uncertainty of life
veteran; past master
happy life partnership; living faithfully together till death; Venus's flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum)
philosophy of Lao-tse and Chuang-tse; Taoism
rehabilitation facility for the elderly
old sinner; elderly man-about-town; older person who enjoys free and easy lifestyle unfettered by social taboos
old bones; aged body; advanced age
once-powerful nation now in decline; great nation grown old
loyalty; fidelity
old parent; aged parent
savings for old age; retirement savings
elderly or veteran actor
overseas Chinese (esp. before 1978)
grandmotherly solicitude for another's welfare; excessive solicitude
(village) elder
goldfish with a shrimp-like tail; head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)
infirmities of old age; young and old; all ages
growing old together
terminals; suited tiles numbered 1 or 9
Yōrō Code (promulgated 757 CE)
historical or legendary practice of abandoning old people in the mountains, etc.
go-between; matchmaker
nursing home; welfare facility for the elderly
Gelaohui (secret Chinese society of the late Qing dynasty)
Yōrō Code (promulgated 757 CE)
rehabilitation facility for the elderly
impoverished elderly; poor senior citizens
problems of the elderly; problems of an aging society
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; age-related farsightedness
discount pass for the elderly
cunning; crafty
man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryo system)
grey power; gray power
old people's talk; sociolect of the elderly
historical practice of abandoning old people in the mountains, etc.
medical insurance for the elderly
discount pass for the elderly
birth, illness, old age and death
fountain of youth
old soldiers never die; they just fade away
progeria (disease characterized by symptoms suggestive of premature aging)
age resister; antioxidant
cash gift from local government to the elderly (often on 77th and 88th birthdays)
old age and sickness
work after retirement age; work to supplement an insufficient pension
wise and learned elder
old cryptomeria