偕かい老ろう

noun

growing old together; sharing a long life as a couple

Literary or poetic term for a married couple growing old together. Often appears in the set phrase 偕老同穴 (かいろうどうけつ), 'living together and sharing the same grave'.

• 「偕かい老ろう同どう穴けつ」という言こと葉ばは、夫ふう婦ふが共ともに年としを重かさね、最さい後ごまで添そい遂とげることを表あらわす。

  The phrase 偕老同穴 expresses a married couple growing old together and staying together until the end.