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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
- —老衲elderly priest
- —老友old friend; crony
- —老健being healthy in old age; being old but healthy; rehabilitation facility for the elderly
- —老舗long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
- —老鶯bush warbler singing even after spring has passed
- —愚老I; me
- —老嚥presbyphagia
- —元老院(Roman) senate
- —寿老人god of longevity
- —不老泉fountain of youth
- —老婆心solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
- —老人力grey power; gray power
- —老眼鏡reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
- —敬老会meeting to show respect for the aged
- —老人病geriatric diseases
- —老大国once-powerful nation now in decline; great nation grown old
- —老大家venerable authority; elderly master
- —老廃物waste products
- —老練家veteran; expert
- —老と病old age and sickness