ロウ
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)
perennial youth
old man
old people; seniors; elders; old-timer
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
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
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
member of shogun's council of elders
advanced age; senility
elderly nobleman
old age
old couple; elderly couple
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
old body; aged person; elderly person
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
(Edo-period) chief minister
old or veteran army general
elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; Genro (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
old or key retainer
old age
old soldier
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
experienced; seasoned; veteran
old and young
growing old; old person
Laozi; Lao Tzu; Lao Tse
elderly person; I; me
elderly servant
old woman
elderly spinster
ugliness of old age
middle age
respect for the aged
aged geisha
fermented Chinese alcoholic beverage (esp. Shaoxing wine)
venerable authority; elderly master
elderly or experienced farmer
Laozi and Zhuangzi
old housemaid; old female servant
die of old age
infirmities of old age
Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam)
since growing old
the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
young and old
venerable statesman
old people providing care for old people (parents, siblings, in-laws, etc.)
aged hero
the aged
loyalty; fidelity
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)
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.