ろう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. old age; age; old people; the old; the aged; senior; elder
Archaic
Pronoun
Humble
2. I; me; my humble self
used by the elderly
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (82 in total)
cunning (acquired with age); astute; crafty; sly; wily
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
old age
experienced; seasoned; veteran
old woman
aged hero
man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryō system)
old person (knowledgeable about events of the distant past); elderly person; elder
respect for the aged
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
fermented Chinese alcoholic beverage (esp. Shaoxing wine); old alcohol
Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam); old man living in the countryside
old body; aged person; elderly person
old or key retainer
old men; elders; seniors; veterans
elderly person; I; me
(the) old and young
the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
old woman
member of shogun's council of elders
member of shogun's council of elders
old age; advanced age
elderly nobleman
old couple; elderly couple
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
(Edo-period) chief minister
old army general; veteran army general
perennial youth; eternal youth
old soldier
elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; genrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
old age
one's old bones; old man
elderly priest
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
waste products
old man
growing old; old person
Laozi; Lao Tzu; Lao Tse
elderly spinster
elderly servant
I; me
one's old wife
middle age
aged geisha
old man; elderly man
venerable authority; elderly master
elderly Confucian scholar
ugliness of old age
old farmer; experienced farmer
old housemaid; old female servant
dying of old age
Laozi and Zhuangzi
infirmities of old age
since growing old
the aged
venerable statesman
deterioration (due to age); wearing out; expiration
young and old
old people providing care for old people (parents, siblings, in-laws, etc.)
senile (dementia, cataract, etc.)
once-powerful nation now in decline; great nation grown old
old parent; aged parent
loyalty; fidelity
elderly or veteran actor
overseas Chinese (esp. before 1978)
man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryō system)
infirmities of old age; young and old; all ages
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
terminals; suited tiles numbered 1 or 9
grey power; gray power
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; age-related farsightedness
old age and sickness
old folks' home
old people's talk; sociolect of the elderly; dated language
Examples (1 in total)
The old doctor takes pride in his work.