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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)
On readings
ロウ
Kun readings
おいるふける
Variant forms
耂Words with 老
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —老荘Laozi and Zhuangzi
- —老将old army general; veteran army general
- —老酒fermented Chinese alcoholic beverage (esp. Shaoxing wine); old alcohol
- —老害problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
- —老病infirmities of old age
- —老廃deterioration (due to age); wearing out; expiration
- —老雄aged hero
- —老僧elderly priest
- —老農old farmer; experienced farmer
- —老僕elderly servant
- —老境old age
- —老熟maturity
- —老輩the aged
- —老儒elderly Confucian scholar
- —老獪cunning (acquired with age); astute; crafty; sly; wily
- —老樹old tree
- —老優elderly or veteran actor
- —老醜ugliness of old age
- —老躯one's old bones; aged body
- —早老premature aging; premature ageing