ロウ
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. old age; age; old people; the old; the aged; senior; elder
An elderly teacher is sitting in a student's chair, looking at a book.
Archaic
Pronoun
Humble
2. I; me; my humble self
used by the elderly
Pitch accent
ロ
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Used in vocabulary (82 in total)
old person (knowledgeable about events of the distant past); elderly person; elder
perennial youth; eternal youth
old man
old woman
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
waste products
elderly Confucian scholar
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
old woman
old age; advanced age
member of shogun's council of elders
member of shogun's council of elders
elderly nobleman
old age
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
old body; aged person; elderly person
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
old couple; elderly couple
cunning (acquired with age); astute; crafty; sly; wily
old army general; veteran army general
(Edo-period) chief minister
elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; genrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
old soldier
old age
old or key retainer
one's old bones; old man
elderly priest
old men; elders; seniors; veterans
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
elderly person; I; me
growing old; old person
Laozi; Lao Tzu; Lao Tse
experienced; seasoned; veteran
(the) old and young
elderly spinster
elderly servant
I; me
one's old wife
middle age
respect for the aged
old man; elderly man
ugliness of old age
aged geisha
venerable authority; elderly master
old farmer; experienced farmer
fermented Chinese alcoholic beverage (esp. Shaoxing wine)
old housemaid; old female servant
dying of old age
Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam)
infirmities of old age
Laozi and Zhuangzi
since growing old
the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
venerable statesman
the aged
deterioration (due to age); wearing out; expiration
young and old
old people providing care for old people (parents, siblings, in-laws, etc.)
senile (dementia, cataract, etc.)
aged hero
once-powerful nation now in decline; great nation grown old
old parent; aged parent
loyalty; fidelity
elderly or veteran actor
overseas Chinese (esp. before 1978)
man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryō system)
man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryō system)
infirmities of old age; young and old; all ages
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
terminals; suited tiles numbered 1 or 9
grey power; gray power
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; age-related farsightedness
old age and sickness
old folks' home
old people's talk; sociolect of the elderly; dated language
Examples (5 in total)
The old noble keeps asking persistently.
The old knight's voice was heard from behind.
The old doctor takes pride in his work.