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ろうじん
Meanings
Noun
1. old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
They all look like nothing but ordinary old people.
Alt. forms
老ろう人じん
99%
ろうじん
Pitch accent
ろ
うじん
Used in: 3
Composed of
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
go-between; matchmaker
retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home
god of longevity
care for the aged; elderly care; aged care
senile plaque; amyloid plaque; neuritic plaque; age spot; liver spot
senile (dementia, cataract, etc.)
bedridden senior citizen
old folks' home
welfare for the aged
seniors club; old people's club
The Old Man and the Sea (1952 novella by Ernest Hemingway)
rehabilitation facility for the elderly
geriatric medicine; medical care for the elderly
nursing home; welfare facility for the elderly
geriatric diseases
geriatric hospital
grey power; gray power
problems of the elderly; problems of an aging society
impoverished elderly; poor senior citizens
old people's talk; sociolect of the elderly; dated language
gerontology
medical insurance for the elderly
geriatrics; geriatric medicine
historical practice of abandoning old people in the mountains, etc.
gerontophilia
gerontophobia
gerontophilia
Examples (119 in total)
Who is that old man?
The old man approached.
An old man came along.
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