老 (ろう) — old age, aged, elderly

老ろう old age

Frequency #4975 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 4 1 character noun pronoun

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ろう

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. ろう[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

old age
aged
elderly

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

ろう老 old man

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Words with 老 (24)

老(ろう)人(じん) roujin elderly person 老(ろう)後(ご) rougo old age 老舗(しにせ) shinise long-established shop 長(ちょう)老(ろう) chourou elder 老(ろう)化(か) rouka aging 海老(えび) ebi shrimp 養(よう)老(ろう) yourou caring for the elderly 初(しょ)老(ろう) shorou past middle age

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 老 (24)

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