Usage patterns 老ろう 人じん を 介かい 護ご する to care for an elderly person
She takes care of an elderly person every day.
老ろう 人じん が 増ふ える the number of elderly people increases
The number of elderly people is increasing in this area.
老ろう 人じん に 優やさ しい kind or considerate toward the elderly
This town has many facilities that are considerate toward the elderly.
独どっ 居きょ 老ろう 人じん an elderly person living alone
An elderly person living alone resides in the neighborhood.
Kanji 老 old man, old age, grow old Related words· 8 高齢者 is the formal, official term used in medical or governmental contexts, while 老人 is the everyday word for an elderly person.
年寄り is a casual, sometimes slightly pejorative way to say 'old person', while 老人 is more neutral and can be used in formal writing.
老人 is a neutral, formal word for 'elderly person' without gender-specific familiarity, while 爺 is casual and specifically means 'old man'.
老人 directly names an elderly person, while 高齢 describes the state of being elderly and is often used attributively (高齢の男性 ).
Show 4 more Show fewer 老人 specifically means an elderly person, while 老 is a broader prefix/suffix meaning old age, used in compounds like 老後 .
老人 is a neutral, everyday word for an elderly person, while 翁 carries a respectful, literary tone reserved for venerable old men.
老人 directly names an old person and can sound blunt, whereas 老い used for 'the elderly' is a limited, literary-sounding usage.
老人 is a neutral-to-somewhat-blunt word for an old person that can sound clinical or even rude in direct address, while お年寄り is the polite everyday choice.
Opposites 若者 means 'young person', the direct opposite of 老人 'old person'.
老人 means an old person, standing in direct age contrast to 青年 , a young person.
老人 refers to an elderly person, the opposite end of the age spectrum from ヤング (a young person).
老人 refers to an elderly person, the opposite end of life from the young person described by 若人 .
Word family· 26 Show 5 more Show fewer gerontophilia
senile plaque; amyloid plaque; neuritic plaque · age spot; liver spot
geriatric diseases; diseases of old age
old people's talk; sociolect of the elderly; dated language
impoverished elderly; poor senior citizens
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Etymology Compound of 老 (old) and 人 (person). The reading ろうじん is the on'yomi for both characters.
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