ロウ
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)
old people; seniors; elders; old-timer
① いつまでも年を取らないこと。
old man
① 老いた女性。
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
① 体内の代謝によって生じる不用な物質。
elderly Confucian scholar
① 年を取った人。② 特に年老いた男性、老爺。
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
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
member of shogun's council of elders
① 年を取っていること。またその年齢。
elderly nobleman
① 年老いてから、死ぬまでの人生。
old couple; elderly couple
① 年が経つにつれ、働きが衰えること。
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)
① 年を取った兵士。② 経験を積んだ兵士。
① 年を取って心身の衰えが目立つ年頃。
old or key retainer
one's old bones; old man
elderly priest
old men; elders; seniors; veterans
① 老眼を矯正するための凸レンズの眼鏡。
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。
elderly person; I; me
experienced; seasoned; veteran
old and young
① 老人の境遇・境地。
growing old; old person
Laozi; Lao Tzu; Lao Tse
elderly spinster
elderly servant
old woman
ugliness of old age
middle age
① 老人を敬うこと。
aged geisha
venerable authority; elderly master
fermented Chinese alcoholic beverage (esp. Shaoxing wine)
elderly or experienced farmer
Laozi and Zhuangzi
old housemaid; old female servant
die of old age
① 老衰のため起こる病気。
Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam)
since growing old
the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
the aged
venerable statesman
young and old
old people providing care for old people (parents, siblings, in-laws, etc.)
aged hero
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.