としより
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. old person; elderly person; senior citizen
Noun
Sumo
2. trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay
3. senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
4. important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
Pitch accent
しよ
しより
Composed of
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
an old man's indiscretions
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
like an old man; like an old woman
sumo management stock; one of the 105 titled trusteeships in the Japan Sumo Association; tradable share that entitles the holder to take part in the management of sumo
senior's role
temporary coaching status for a retired wrestler
special coaching stock awarded to retired grand champion
official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)
official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)
child born of older parents; child raised by grandparents; child spoiled by doting grandparents
elder chief of a village or town during Edo Period
Examples (12 in total)
The old dog barked.
Old men are apt to forget.
Old people need something to live for.