老
老: old age
old age; grow old
6 strokesElementary · Grade 4 (7級)in 51 words here
Readings
On
ロウ
Kunおいる・ふける
ろう: 老人(ろうじん), 老後(ろうご), 長老(ちょうろう). 老ける(ふける) "look older"; 老いる(おいる) "grow old".
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Key words
老人ろうじんelderly person
老後ろうごone's old age
長老ちょうろうelder
老いるおいるto grow old
老けるふけるto age; to look old
Example sentences
駅で、老人に席をゆずりました。
At the station, I gave my seat to an elderly person.
祖母は老後は田舎で暮らしたいと言っています。
My grandmother says she wants to live in the countryside in her old age.
彼は苦労したせいか、年より老けて見えます。
Perhaps because he has been through hardship, he looks older than his age.