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老 : Old age

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old age, grow old, old (radical 125)

On 'yomi:
ロウ(rou)
Kun 'yomi:
お.いる(o.iru) ふ.ける(fu.keru)
Nanori:
えび(ebi) おい(oi)(bi)
Strokes:6
Radical: (125)
Usage Rating:803
JLPT:N3
old JLPT:2
Grade:4
Unicode:08001
jis208:47-23
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老 Usage examples

(けいろうかい)meeting to show respect for the aged
いの一徹(おいのいってつ)obstinacy of old age
人性痴呆(ろうじんせいちほう)senile dementia
人病(ろうじんびょう)geriatric diseases
人病院(ろうじんびょういん)geriatric hospital
大国(ろうたいこく)great and ancient nation
大家(ろうたいか)venerable authority, elderly master
(ろうじょ)elderly woman, senior lady-in-waiting
化現象(ろうかげんしょう)aging process, ageing process
(ろうこう)elderly nobleman
(ろうしゅ)veteran, past master
(ろうしょう)young and old
少不定(ろうしょうふじょう)Death comes to old and young alike, uncertainty of life
い木(おいき)old tree
(ろうよう)old and young
(ろうし)die of old age
(ろうらい)since growing old
(ろうたい)old body, aged person
(ろうへい)old soldier
(ろうしん)old or key retainer
(ろうぎ)aged geisha
け役(ふけやく)(theatrical) role of old person
(ろうじつ)loyalty, fidelity
い松(おいまつ)
(おいまつ)
old pine tree
(ろうしょう)old pine tree
(ろうそう)Laozi and Zhuangzi
(ろうしょう)old or veteran army general
い耄れ(おいぼれ)
いぼれ(おいぼれ)
feeble-minded old man, senile old fool, dodderer
(ラオチュウ)old alcohol
(ろうびょう)infirmities of old age
(ろうはい)superannuation
廃物(ろうはいぶつ)waste products
(ろうゆう)aged hero
(ろうそう)elderly priest
(ろうのう)elderly or experienced farmer
(ろうぼく)elderly servant
(ろうきょう)old age
(ろうじゅく)maturity
練家(ろうれんか)veteran, expert
(ろうはい)the aged
(ろうじゅ)elderly Confucian scholar
(ろうかい)cunning, crafty
(ろうじゅ)old tree
(ろうゆう)elderly or veteran actor
齢年金(ろうれいねんきん)old-age pension
(ろうしゅう)ugliness of old age
(ろうく)aged body
(そうろう)premature aging, premature ageing
いの波(おいのなみ)wrinkles
朽化した(ろうきゅうかした)deteriorated, outworn
境に入る(ろうきょうにいる)to be advanced in age