ろう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. old age; age; old people; the old; the aged; senior; elder
Archaic
Pronoun
Humble
2. I; me; my humble self
used by the elderly
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (78 in total)
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
experienced; seasoned; veteran
elderly person; I; me
ugliness of old age
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
old and young
old man
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
old or key retainer
Laozi and Zhuangzi
member of shogun's council of elders
old age
old men; elders; seniors; veterans
respect for the aged
old woman
aged hero
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
infirmities of old age
man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryo system)
old people; seniors; elders; old-timer
fermented Chinese alcoholic beverage (esp. Shaoxing wine); old alcohol
old soldier
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; Genro (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
old age
Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam); old man living in the countryside
loyalty; fidelity
advanced age; senility
old body; aged person; elderly person
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
one's old bones; old man
aged geisha
elderly Confucian scholar
die of old age
since growing old
the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
old woman
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
member of shogun's council of elders
elderly nobleman
old couple; elderly couple
(Edo-period) chief minister
old or veteran army general
perennial youth
elderly priest
waste products
growing old; old person
Laozi; Lao Tzu; Lao Tse
elderly servant
old woman
elderly spinster
middle age
venerable authority; elderly master
elderly or experienced farmer
old housemaid; old female servant
young and old
venerable statesman
old people providing care for old people (parents, siblings, in-laws, etc.)
the aged
once-powerful nation now in decline; great nation grown old
old parent; aged parent
elderly or veteran actor
overseas Chinese (esp. before 1978)
man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryo system)
infirmities of old age; young and old; all ages
terminals; suited tiles numbered 1 or 9
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; age-related farsightedness
grey power; gray power
old age and sickness
old folks' home
old people's talk; sociolect of the elderly
Examples (1 in total)
The old doctor takes pride in his work.