老ろう 若にゃく 男なん 女にょ also: ろうじゃくだんじょ
Usage patterns 〈 事こと〉 〉 は 老若男女ろう に 人気ゃくなんにょにんき だ to be popular with people of all ages and both sexes
This snack is popular with people of every age and gender.
老ろう 若にゃく 男なん 女にょ を 問と わず regardless of age or gender
This event is open to participants of any age or gender.
老ろう 若にゃく 男なん 女にょ が 集あつ まる for people of all ages and both sexes to gather
People of every age and gender gathered for the festival.
Kanji 老 old man, old age, grow old Related words 老若男女 is a formal yojijukugo meaning 'people of every age and gender', while 皆 is the plain, everyday word for 'everyone'.
万人 means 'all people' in general, whereas 老若男女 specifically stresses the inclusion of both sexes and every age group.
老若男女 spells out 'men and women of all ages' and is the far more common everyday phrase, while 老若 alone is a terser, more formal way of saying 'young and old'.
Don't confuse with 老若 only means 'young and old' without mentioning gender, while 老若男女 adds 男女 to explicitly cover both men and women of all ages.
男女 simply means 'men and women' with no reference to age, whereas 老若男女 broadens this to 'people of every age and gender'.
Etymology A yojijukugo composed of 老 (old), 若 (young), 男 (man), and 女 (woman), literally meaning 'old, young, men, women'. The reading ろうにゃくなんにょ is the standard on'yomi combination; the alternate reading ろうじゃくだんじょ uses different on'yomi for 若 and 男女 .
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