老ろう

noun, noun, used as a prefix, noun, used as a suffix

old age; the elderly; senior

Used as a noun, prefix, or suffix to refer to old age, elderly people, or senior status. Common in compounds like 老後 (retirement years) and 老人 (elderly person).

• 老ろうを迎むかえる準じゅん備びを始はじめた。

  I started preparing for old age.

• 老ろう親しんの介かい護ごは大たい変へんだ。

  Caring for elderly parents is tough.

pronoun

I; me (humble, archaic)

Archaic humble first-person pronoun used by elderly people to refer to themselves. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical or literary contexts.

• 老ろうはもう長ながくない。

  I, an old person, do not have much time left.