高こう齢れい

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

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

Neutral, formal term for being elderly. Often used in official contexts, statistics, and polite discussion. Can modify nouns with の (e.g., 高齢の男性).

高こう齢れいのため〈事こと〉because of advanced age, ...
高こう齢れいのため、長ちょう距きょ離りの運うん転てんは控ひかえている。
Because of his advanced age, he avoids driving long distances.
〈人ひと〉が高こう齢れいになるsomeone becomes elderly
祖そ父ふも高こう齢れいになり、体たい力りょくが落おちてきた。
My grandfather has become elderly and his stamina has declined.
高こう齢れいを理り由ゆうに〈事こと〉citing advanced age as the reason for something
彼かれは高こう齢れいを理り由ゆうに会かい長ちょう職しょくを辞じ退たいした。
He declined the chairman position, citing his advanced age.

老ろう人じんN3
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).
年とし寄よりN3
年寄り is a casual, sometimes blunt or disrespectful word for old people, whereas 高齢 is the neutral, polite term used in official contexts.
老ろう齢れい
老齢 is a slightly more literary/formal synonym for 高齢, both meaning advanced age but 老齢 leaning toward legal or literary contexts (老齢年金).
老ろう年ねん
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.

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老ろう後ごN1
老後 describes the retirement period of one's life, while 高齢 is a formal, statistical term meaning 'advanced age' used to describe elderly people themselves.
年ねん配ぱいN1
高齢 is a formal term meaning specifically advanced age (as in 高齢者), while 年配 is a softer, more general way to describe someone as older.

若じゃく年ねん
若年 means young age, the direct opposite of 高齢 in demographic and statistical contexts.

高こう齢れい化かN3
高齢 describes an individual as being elderly, while 高齢化 refers to the demographic trend of a population growing older.

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Compound of 高 (high) and 齢 (age). The character 齢 is a simplified form of 齡, originally meaning 'age' or 'years'.