老

aged hero

veteran; past master

anti-aging

Historical term

lock with a curved shape resembling a shrimp (used for gate bolts)

Rare term

padlock

sakura shrimp (Lucensosergia lucens)

once-powerful nation now in decline; great nation grown old

long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop

dried shrimp

freshwater shrimp; freshwater prawn; river shrimp

loyalty; fidelity

old bird

old parent; aged parent

northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis); sweet shrimp; northern pink prawn; red shrimp; Maine shrimp

old friend; crony

overseas Chinese (esp. before 1978)

elderly or veteran actor

ancient tree; old tree

old pine tree

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Oimatsu (noh play); Oimatsu (song title)

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

being healthy in old age; being old but healthy

Abbreviation

rehabilitation facility for the elderly

えびお only

goldfish with a shrimp-like tail

head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)

infirmities of old age

Obsolete term

young and old; all ages

(village) elder

Mahjong

all terminals; winning hand consisting of only ones and nines as pungs or kongs plus a pair