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)
Pitch accent
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Composed of
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
an old man's indiscretions
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
like an old man; like an old woman
sumo management stock; one of the 105 titled trusteeships in the Japan Sumo Association; tradable share that entitles the holder to take part in the management of sumo
senior's role
temporary coaching status for a retired wrestler
special coaching stock awarded to retired grand champion
official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)
official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)
child born of older parents; child raised by grandparents; child spoiled by doting grandparents
elder chief of a village or town during Edo Period
Examples (12 in total)
The old dog barked.
Old men are apt to forget.
Old people need something to live for.