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
member of shogun's council of elders
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
old body; aged person; elderly person
old couple; elderly couple
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
deterioration; becoming decrepit; becoming worn out
cunning (acquired with age); astute; crafty; sly; wily
(Edo-period) chief minister
old army general; veteran army general
elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; genrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
perennial youth; eternal youth
experienced; veteran; skilled; expert
old person (knowledgeable about events of the distant past); elderly person; elder
mature; experienced; precocious; mature for one's age
retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home
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
infirmity (due to old age); decrepitude; senility; 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)
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
old farmer; 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
deterioration (due to age); wearing out; expiration
old housemaid; old female servant
senility; dotage; decrepitude
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)
meeting to show respect for the aged
premature aging; premature ageing
senile plaque; amyloid plaque; neuritic plaque; age spot; liver spot
old people providing care for old people (parents, siblings, in-laws, etc.)
bush warbler singing even after spring has passed
intensive-care old people's home
senile (dementia, cataract, etc.)
death comes to old and young alike; uncertainty of life
seniors club; old people's club
happy life partnership; living faithfully together till death; Venus's flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum)
once-powerful nation now in decline; great nation grown old
rehabilitation facility for the elderly
philosophy of Lao-tse and Chuang-tse; Taoism
old sinner; elderly man-about-town; older person who enjoys free and easy lifestyle unfettered by social taboos
old bones; aged body; advanced age
fee-charging old people's home; private nursing home
perpetual youth and longevity; long life without growing old
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu; Dao De Jing by Laozi
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
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
geriatric medicine; medical care for the elderly
nursing home; welfare facility for the elderly
terminals; suited tiles numbered 1 or 9
Yōrō Code (promulgated 757 CE)
historical or legendary practice of abandoning old people in the mountains, etc.
senile lentigo; age spot; liver spot; lentigo senilis
intensive-care old people's home
geriatrics; geriatric medicine
Gelaohui (secret Chinese society of the late Qing dynasty)
experience that comes with age
worn-out vehicle; decrepit car
Yōrō Code (promulgated 757 CE)
rehabilitation facility for the elderly
being healthy in old age; being old but healthy; rehabilitation facility for the elderly
impoverished elderly; poor senior citizens
problems of the elderly; problems of an aging society
senile cataract; age-related cataract
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; age-related farsightedness
discount pass for the elderly
man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryō system)
old people's talk; sociolect of the elderly; dated language
geriatrics; geriatric medicine
geriatrics; geriatric medicine
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
geriatrics; geriatric medicine
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
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)