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
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
men and women of all ages
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
member of shogun's council of elders
old couple; elderly couple
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
old body; aged person; elderly person
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
aging; wearing out; deterioration
(Edo-period) chief minister
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; Genro (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
old or veteran army general
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
experienced; veteran; skilled; expert
old people; seniors; elders; old-timer
retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home
mature; becoming precocious
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
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
perpetual youth and longevity
experienced; seasoned; veteran
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)
senility; dotage; decrepitude
home for the aged; old people's home
aging process; ageing process
one's old bones; aged body
venerable authority; elderly master
elderly Confucian scholar
elderly or experienced farmer
care for the aged; elderly care; aged care
Presbyterian Church; Presbyterians
progeria; premature senility
fermented Chinese alcoholic beverage (esp. Shaoxing wine); old alcohol
old housemaid; old female servant
Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam); old man living in the countryside
Respect-for-the-Aged Day (national holiday; third Monday in September)
the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
premature aging; premature ageing
meeting to show respect for the aged
old people providing care for old people (parents, siblings, in-laws, etc.)
intensive-care old people's home
senile plaque; neuritic plaque; senile druse
Death comes to old and young alike; uncertainty of life
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
savings for old age; retirement savings
overseas Chinese (esp. before 1978)
grandmotherly solicitude for another's welfare; excessive solicitude
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
terminals; suited tiles numbered 1 or 9
Yōrō Code (promulgated 757 CE)
historical or legendary practice of abandoning old people in the mountains, etc.
nursing home; welfare facility for the elderly
intensive-care old people's home
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
man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryo system)
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
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)
work after retirement age; work to supplement an insufficient pension