老

Japanese belladonna (Scopolia japonica)

snapping shrimp (Alpheus brevicristatus); pistol prawn

large shrimp; king prawn; lobster

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)

anti-aging

Historical term

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

Rare term

padlock

sakura shrimp (Lucensosergia lucens)

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

Presbyterian Church

dried shrimp

freshwater shrimp; freshwater prawn; river shrimp

endowment insurance

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

えびお only

goldfish with a shrimp-like tail

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

(village) elder

Mahjong

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

shrimp-shaped taro variety

historical or legendary practice of abandoning old people in the mountains, etc.

Japanese lobster (Metanephrops japonicus)

growing old together

gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)

angular Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum); scented Solomon's seal

Abbreviation; Abbr. of 海老のチリソース煮

stir-fried shrimp in chili sauce

Proverb

study hard while you are young; boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder