Moto 老: Old Man; Old Age; Grow OldKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ロウ
- Kun'yomi
- お(いる)、ふ(ける)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 295 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ロウ)
- 老人ろうじんold person; senior citizen
- 老人ホームろうじんホームretirement home; old people's home
- 老後ろうごold age
- 長老ちょうろうelder; senior
- 老衰ろうすいsenility; senile decay
- 老朽ろうきゅうdecrepitude; senescence
- 老齢ろうれいadvanced age; senility
- 老化ろうかageing; aging
- 老年ろうねんold age
- 敬老けいろうrespect for the aged
- 老女ろうじょelderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
- 老夫婦ろうふうふold couple; elderly couple
- 老婦ろうふold woman
- 初老しょろうpast middle age; nearing old age
- 老人性ろうじんせいsenile
- 養老ようろうmaking provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age
- 不老ふろうperennial youth
- 元老げんろうelder statesman; doyen
- 古老ころうold people; seniors
- 大老たいろう(Edo-period) chief minister
- 家老かろうchief retainer; daimyo's minister
- 老人福祉ろうじんふくしwelfare for the aged
- 老境ろうきょうold age
- 老婆ろうばold woman
- 老子ろうしLaozi; Lao Tzu
- 老師ろうしold priest; sage
- 老廃ろうはいsuperannuation
- 老木ろうぼくold tree
- 老松ろうしょうold pine tree
- 老母ろうぼold mother; aged mother
- 老眼ろうがんpresbyopia; age-related longsightedness
- 老眼鏡ろうがんきょうreading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
- 老練ろうれんexperienced; veteran
- 老若ろうにゃくyoung and old; all ages
- 老若男女ろうにゃくなんにょmen and women of all ages
- 養老院ようろういんhome for the aged; old people's home
- 下流老人かりゅうろうじんimpoverished elderly; poor senior citizens
- 不老不死ふろうふしperpetual youth and longevity; immortality
- 不老泉ふろうせんfountain of youth
- 不老長寿ふろうちょうじゅperpetual youth and longevity
- 不良老年ふりょうろうねんold sinner; elderly man-about-town
- 中老ちゅうろうmiddle age
- 五大老ごたいろうCouncil of Five Elders (committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age)
- 介護老人福祉施設かいごろうじんふくししせつintensive-care old people's home
- 偕老かいろうgrowing old together
- 偕老同穴かいろうどうけつhappy life partnership; living faithfully together till death
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 老いおいold age; old person
- 年老いとしおいold person
- 年老いるとしおいるto grow old
- 老いるおいるto age; to grow old
- 老けるふけるto age; to grow old (esp. in appearance)
- 老け役ふけやく(theatrical) role of old person
Other readings
- 老舗しにせlong-established shop; shop of long standing
- 海老えびprawn; shrimp
- 老中ろうじゅうmember of shogun's council of elders
- お老成おませprecocious
- オマール海老オマールえびlobster
- バナメイ海老バナメイえびwhiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)
- 乙姫海老おとひめえびbanded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus); coral banded shrimp
- 伊勢海老いせえびspiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
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