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老 kanji
old man, old age, grow old
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
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On readings
ロウ
Kun readings
おいるふける
Variant forms
耂Words with 老
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —介護老人福祉施設intensive-care old people's home
- —日本基礎老化学会Japan Society for Biomedical Gerontology
- —特別養護老人ホームintensive-care old people's home
- —老兵は死なずただ消え去るのみold soldiers never die; they just fade away
- —故老old person (knowledgeable about events of the distant past); elderly person; elder
- —老功experienced; seasoned; veteran
- —福老owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
- —老癈deterioration (due to age); wearing out; expiration
- —老軀one's old bones; aged body
- —老鋪long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
- —老鴬bush warbler singing even after spring has passed
- —老かいcunning (acquired with age); astute; crafty; sly; wily
- —託老所old folks' home
- —老婆親切grandmotherly solicitude for another's welfare; excessive solicitude
- —老々介護old people providing care for old people (parents, siblings, in-laws, etc.)
- —老人倶楽部seniors club; old people's club
- —老兵は死なず只消え去るのみold soldiers never die; they just fade away