Moto 翁 (おう)old man; venerable gentleman; venerable
- old man; venerable gentlemannoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- venerable; old; fathersuffix
Kanji in 翁
Words that share its kanji
- 不倒翁ふとうおうtumbler; self-righting doll
- 人間万事塞翁が馬にんげんばんじさいおうがうまinscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable
- 仙翁せんのうlychnis (Lychnis senno)
- 信天翁あほうどりalbatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)
- 塞翁が馬さいおうがうまthe future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven
- 小信天翁こあほうどりLaysan albatross (Diomedea immutabilis)
- 村翁そんおうvillage elder
- 渡信天翁わたりあほうどりwandering albatross (Diomedea exulans)
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