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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
- —敬老の日Respect for the Aged Day (national holiday; third Monday in September)
- —不老不死perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
- —養老年金old age pension
- —偕老同穴happy life partnership; living faithfully together till death; Venus's flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum)
- —養老保険endowment insurance
- —長老教会the Presbyterian Church
- —老人病院geriatric hospital
- —老化現象aging process; ageing process
- —老少不定death comes to old and young alike; uncertainty of life
- —老齢年金old-age pension
- —老政治家venerable statesman
- —老荘思想philosophy of Lao-tse and Chuang-tse; Taoism
- —生老病死the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
- —不老長寿perpetual youth and longevity
- —老婆心切grandmotherly solicitude for another's welfare; excessive solicitude
- —狡猾老獪sly and crafty
- —不良老年old sinner; elderly man-about-town; older person who enjoys free and easy lifestyle unfettered by social taboos
- —老人医療geriatric medicine; medical care for the elderly
- —老健施設rehabilitation facility for the elderly
- —月下老人go-between; matchmaker