老ろう年ねん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

old age; advanced years

Refers to the stage of life when one is elderly. Often used in formal, medical, or social contexts. Can also be used attributively with の.

たい

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It is important to stay healthy even in old age.

老ろう年ねん医い学がくは高こう齢れい者しゃの医い療りょうを専せん門もんとする分ぶん野やです。

Geriatrics is a field that specializes in medical care for the elderly.

老年ろうねんに達たっするto reach old age
父ちちはすでに老ろう年ねんに達たっしている。
My father has already reached old age.
老ろう年ねんを迎むかえるto enter (approach) old age
彼かの女じょは健けん康こうなまま老ろう年ねんを迎むかえた。
She entered old age still in good health.

高こう齢れいN3
高齢 is the common, everyday term for being elderly (as in 高齢者 'elderly person'), while 老年 is a more formal or literary term for the life stage of old age.
老ろう後ごN1
老後 focuses on one's life and plans after retirement, while 老年 refers more broadly to the biological or chronological stage of old age itself.
晩ばん年ねんN1
晩年 specifically means the final years of a person's life, often with reflective or biographical nuance, whereas 老年 simply denotes the general stage of old age.
老ろう齢れい
老年 refers to the life stage of old age with a literary or reflective tone, while 老齢 emphasizes the objective state or condition of being old.

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初しょ老ろう
老年 refers to old age itself (typically 65+), a later stage than 初老, which describes the transitional period leading up to it.
老ろう
老年 refers specifically to the stage of life called old age, while 老 is a broader prefix/suffix meaning old age used in many compounds.

若じゃく年ねん
若年 means young age or youth, the opposite life stage from 老年, which means old age.
幼よう少しょう
幼少 refers to one's early childhood years, while 老年 refers to old age, the opposite stage of life.
壮そう年ねん
老年 refers to old age after one's peak years, directly opposite 壮年, which is the prime of life.

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往おう年ねん
老年 (ろうねん) sounds similar to 往年 (おうねん) but means 'old age' of a person, not a bygone era in general.

Compound of 老 (old) and 年 (year, age). The reading is on'yomi for both characters.

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N3

老年 refers to old age, the life stage that follows 中年 (middle age) on the age spectrum.

老年 refers to old age, the opposite end of life from the youthful precocity that 弱冠 highlights.

geriatrics; geriatric medicine

senile dementia