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老丁ろうていろうちょうNounFreq #209716
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Historical term

man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryō system)

老ゆおゆIntransitiveArchaicFreq #73300
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Nidan verb (upper class)

to age; to grow old

老大ろうだいNoun～な Adj.Freq #88522
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Obsolete term

growing old; old person

老夫ろうふNounFreq #100362
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Obsolete term

old man; elderly man

老衲ろうのうNounFreq #152161
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Obsolete term

elderly priest

老猾ろうかつNoun～な Adj.Freq #284091
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Obsolete term

cunning; crafty

老杉ろうさんNounArchaic
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old cryptomeria

老成円熟ろうせいえんじゅくNoun四字熟語
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Rare term

experience that comes with age

ラーメンらーめん拉麺老麺NounUsually kanaFreq #8832
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ramen; Chinese-style noodles

Examples
私達は時々、ドライブを兼ねて大好きなラーメンを食べに行きます。
We sometimes combine going for a drive with eating the ramen we love so.
長老ちょうろうNounFreq #11413
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Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

elder; senior

Examples
彼はもちろん村の最長老だ。
He is unquestionably the oldest man in the village.
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Buddhism

senior monk

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dean; presbyter; patriarch

初老しょろうNounFreq #11949
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Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly

Examples
「夫は２年前に亡くなりました」と初老の女性は言った。
"My husband passed on two years ago," an elderly lady said.
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Orig. meaning

age 40

年老いるとしおいるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #15372
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to grow old

Examples
誰も学べないほど年老いているということはない。
No man is so old he cannot learn.
不老不死ふろうふしNoun～の Adj.四字熟語Freq #20005
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perpetual youth and longevity; immortality

えび海老エビ蝦蛯鰕NounUsually kanaFreq #21527
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prawn; shrimp; lobster

Examples
とにかくエビを与えよう。
Have some lobster at any rate.
不老ふろうNounFreq #42078
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perennial youth

古老ころう故老NounFreq #47224
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old person (knowledgeable about events of the distant past); elderly person; elder

大老たいろうNounFreq #48328
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(Edo-period) chief minister

元老げんろうNounFreq #49120
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elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; authority

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Historical term

genrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)

おませ御ませお老成おマセUsually kanaFreq #49705
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Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

precocious

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Common noun

precocious child

伊勢海老伊勢エビ伊勢えび伊勢蝦いせえび (伊勢海老／伊勢えび／伊勢蝦／竜蝦)いせエビ (伊勢エビ)イセエビ竜蝦NounFreq #65764
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spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)

Examples
伊勢エビが大好きなのですが、非常に高いのです。
I am very fond of lobsters, but they are very, very expensive.
宿老しゅくろうNounFreq #69222
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old men; elders; seniors; veterans

不老長寿ふろうちょうじゅNoun四字熟語Freq #70502
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perpetual youth and longevity

養老ようろうNounFreq #83647
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making provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age

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spending one's old age in comfort

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Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)

エビ反り海老反りえびぞり蝦反りNounFreq #87585
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arching one's body backwards (like a shrimp)

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Kabuki

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

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