elderly woman

noh mask of an old woman

mountain witch; yamauba

mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend)

position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred

Obsolete term; Slang; Derogatory; Used in the Meiji and Taisho periods

women's college

practice of abandoning old people, usu. women

faded beauty

basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

(Japanese) Darby and Joan

Rare term

double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)

ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)