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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
- —抗老化anti-aging
- —宅老所old folks' home
- —老朽化deterioration; becoming decrepit; becoming worn out
- —老婦人old woman
- —哥老会Gelaohui (secret Chinese society of the late Qing dynasty)
- —五大老Council of Five Elders; committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age
- —老紳士old gentleman; elderly gentleman
- —老年期old age
- —長老派Presbyterian Church; Presbyterians
- —老人斑senile plaque; amyloid plaque; neuritic plaque; age spot; liver spot
- —老人語old people's talk; sociolect of the elderly; dated language
- —老頭牌terminals; suited tiles numbered 1 or 9
- —老人学gerontology
- —早老症progeria; premature senility
- —敬老金cash gift from local government to the elderly (often on 77th and 88th birthdays)
- —老年学gerontology
- —老華僑overseas Chinese (esp. before 1978)
- —長老制gerontocracy
- —老人愛gerontophilia
- —老朽車worn-out vehicle; decrepit car