としより – Vocabulary details

としより

Meanings

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. old person; elderly person; senior citizen

Noun

Sumo

2. trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay

3. senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)

4. important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

と

しよ

り

と

しより

Used in: 90

Composed of

とし

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

より

pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to

Used in vocabulary (11 in total)

としよりのひやみず

an old man's indiscretions

としよりくさい

in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish

としよりじみた

like an old man; like an old woman

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Examples (12 in total)

としよりの犬いぬが吠ほえた。

The old dog barked.

としよりはものを忘わすれがちである。

Old men are apt to forget.

おとしよりには生いきがいが必ひつ要ようだ。

Old people need something to live for.