老

arching one's body backwards (like a shrimp)

Kabuki

holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backwards like a shrimp (to represent being overwhelmed by someone's power)

aging process; ageing process

to be advanced in age

care for the aged; elderly care; aged care

fried prawns; fried shrimp

lobster

intensive-care old people's home

old age; declining years

Respect for the Aged Day (national holiday; third Monday in September)

Food, cooking

shrimp with mayonnaise

to grow old; to weaken with age; to become senile

Buddhism

the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)

venerable statesman

rehabilitation facility for the elderly

old people providing care for old people (parents, siblings, in-laws, etc.)

freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)

Idiomatic expression

to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale; to use a sprat to catch a mackerel; to get big returns on a small investment

bedridden senior citizen

old folks' home

welfare for the aged

death comes to old and young alike; uncertainty of life

かいろうどうけつ only; Yojijukugo

happy life partnership; living faithfully together till death

Word usually written using kana alone

Venus's flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum)

Proverb

be guided by your children when you are old

old sinner; elderly man-about-town; older person who enjoys free and easy lifestyle unfettered by social taboos