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Meanings
Noun
1. 年をとること。また、年寄り。
2. 律令制で、61歳から65歳までの者の呼称。老丁。
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (78 in total)
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
① 年を取った人。② 特に年老いた男性、老爺。
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
experienced; seasoned; veteran
elderly person; I; me
ugliness of old age
① 年が経つにつれ、働きが衰えること。
old and young
old man
① 加齢により水晶体の調整力が衰え、近くの物が見えにくくなった目。② 老人の目。
old or key retainer
Laozi and Zhuangzi
member of shogun's council of elders
① 年老いてから、死ぬまでの人生。
old men; elders; seniors; veterans
① 老人を敬うこと。
① 老いた女性。
aged hero
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
① 老衰のため起こる病気。
man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryo system)
old people; seniors; elders; old-timer
fermented Chinese alcoholic beverage (esp. Shaoxing wine); old alcohol
① 年を取った兵士。② 経験を積んだ兵士。
① 老眼を矯正するための凸レンズの眼鏡。
elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; Genro (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
① 年を取って心身の衰えが目立つ年頃。
Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam); old man living in the countryside
loyalty; fidelity
① 年を取っていること。またその年齢。
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
① 徳を積んだ法師、又は法師一般への敬称。② 教師、師匠の尊称。
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
① いつまでも年を取らないこと。
elderly priest
① 体内の代謝によって生じる不用な物質。
growing old; old person
Laozi; Lao Tzu; Lao Tse
① 老人の境遇・境地。
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.