► 副詞
よぼよぼ [よぼよぼ] [coll] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ よぼよぼの爺さん ⇨ A very old man (☛ Very old and weakened)
► 動詞
老いる [(2)おいる] [liter] meaning: old rank: 2
☆ 老いることは誰も避けられない ⇨ Nobody can avoid aging (☛ Usually for humans)
老ける [(2)ふける] meaning: old rank: 2
☆ 彼は暫く見なかったうちに急に老けた ⇨ He’s aged rapidly while I hadn’t seen for a while (☛ Become visibly, unflatteringly, old)
老いぼれる [(4)おいぼれる] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ 老いぼれた爺 ⇨ A senile old man (☛ Always negative)
老化 [ろうか] [老化する] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ 全ての動物は老化してやがて死ぬ ⇨ All animals get old and eventually die (☛ Usually about living organisms)
老いさらばえる [(6)おいさらばえる] [liter] meaning: old rank: 4
☆ 私は老いさらばえる前に死にたい ⇨ I want to die before I get too old and miserable (☛ Get old miserably)
古びる [(3)ふるびる] meaning: old rank: 4
☆ 古びた自転車 ⇨ An old, rusted, bicycle (☛ Only about inanimate things)
老朽 [ろうきゅう] [老朽する] meaning: old rank: 4
☆ その橋は老朽していて危険だ ⇨ The bridge has deteriorated with age and is dangerous (☛ Usually about buildings, structures)
老衰 [ろうすい] [老衰する] [tech] meaning: old rank: 4
☆ 誰も老衰することは避けられない ⇨ Nobody can avoid getting old and deteriorating (☛ Literally “old atrophy”. Usually about humans only)
► 成句
冷や水 [(2)ひやみず] [年寄りの冷や水] meaning: old rank: 4
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► 名詞
老人 [ろうじん] [liter] meaning: old rank: 1
☆ 老人介護施設 ⇨ An adult, senior, care facility (☛ An old person)
☆ 老人医療 ⇨ Geriatrics (☛ An old person)
御年寄り [おとしより] [polite] meaning: old rank: 2
☆ 御年寄を大切に ⇨ Be kind to elderlies (☛ An old person)
年寄り [(3)としより] meaning: old rank: 2
☆ 私みたいな年寄りから物を盗もうっていうのか？ ⇨ Are you trying to rob an old person like me? (☛ An old person)
ぼろ [(1)ぼろ] [coll] meaning: old rank: 2
☆ 彼はいつもボロを着ている ⇨ He always wears worn-out clothes (☛ Decrepit)
ぼろい [(2)ぼろい] [coll] [peer] meaning: old rank: 2
☆ 彼はボロい車に乗っている ⇨ He’s driving a beat-up car (☛ Decrepit)
老後 [ろうご] meaning: old rank: 2
☆ 老後の生活 ⇨ Life after getting old, retirement
老いぼれ [おいぼれ] [contempt] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ 黙れ、老いぼれが！ ⇨ Shut up, you old fart!
おんぼろ [おんぼろ] [coll] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ オンボロ車 ⇨ A beat-up car (☛ Very old and shabby)
原始的 [げんしてき] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ 彼等は今でも原始的な農業をしている ⇨ They are still doing primitive agriculture now
高齢 [こうれい] [tech] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ 高齢化社会 ⇨ Society with an aging population
☆ 高齢出産 ⇨ Pregnancy at an advanced maternal age (☛ Advanced in age. Usually about humans or mammals)
高齢者 [こうれいしゃ] [tech] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ 高齢者向け運動器具 ⇨ Exercise equipment tailored for old people
古代 [(1)こだい] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ 古代エジプト文明 ⇨ The civilization of ancient Egypt
古典 [こてん] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ 古典音楽 ⇨ Classical music (☛ Old artistic or scientific works of any kind in the wider sense)
☆ 古事記は日本最古の古典とされている ⇨ “Kojiki” is considered the oldest book in Japanese history (☛ Old written works in the narrowest sense)
最古 [(1)さいこ] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ 最古の人間の化石 ⇨ The oldest human fossil (☛ The oldest)
初老 [しょろう] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ 初老の男性 ⇨ A male in his early old age (☛ Typically around 60 years old)
年配 [ねんぱい] [polite] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ あの年配の男の方はどなた？ ⇨ Who’s that older gentleman?
晩年 [ばんねん] [liter] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ 彼は晩年病気に苦しんだ ⇨ He struggled with illness in his later life (☛ Literally “evening years”)
老化 [ろうか] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ 肌の老化 ⇨ Aging of skin (☛ Usually about living organisms)
老朽化 [ろうきゅうか] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ その橋は老朽化が激しく危険だ ⇨ The bridge has deteriorated with age and is dangerous (☛ Usually about buildings, structures)
旧 [(1)きゅう] meaning: old rank: 4
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古参 [こさん] meaning: old rank: 4
☆ 彼はチームの中の最古参だ (さいこさん) ⇨ He is the longest-tenured player on the team (☛ Not a person’s age, but how long he/she is in a particular position)
骨董品 [こっとうひん] meaning: old rank: 4
☆ 骨董品屋 ⇨ An antique shop
時代物 [じだいもの] meaning: old rank: 4
☆ 時代物の壺 ⇨ An antique pot
古株 [ふるかぶ] meaning: old rank: 4
☆ 彼は社内一の古株だ ⇨ He is the longest-serving employee of the company (☛ Not a person’s age, but how long he/she is in a particular position)
老衰 [ろうすい] [tech] meaning: old rank: 4
☆ 彼の死因は老衰だった ⇨ His cause of death was aging. He died of natural aging (☛ Literally “old atrophy”. Usually about humans only)
老体 [ろうたい] [liter] meaning: old rank: 4
☆ 彼は老体に鞭打って働いている ⇨ He is whipping, forcing, his old body and working hard
老体 [ろうたい] [御老体] [liter] meaning: old rank: 4
☆ 御老体に御伺しよう (ごろうたい) ⇨ Let’s ask the old man for his opinion (☛ A endearing term for a very old person)
► 形容詞
古い [(2)ふるい] meaning: old rank: 1
☆ 古い家 ⇨ An old house
☆ 古き良き時代 ⇨ Good old days
☆ 彼は私の古い友達だ ⇨ He’s my old friend
☆ 彼はこの会社で一番古い人だ ⇨ He’s the person with the longest tenure in this company (☛ Note 古い人 does NOT mean “a person of advanced age”)
良い [(1)いい] [良い年] [coll] meaning: old rank: 2
☆ 良い年していつまでそんな格好してるんだ ⇨ How old do you have to be to stop wearing something like that? (☛ Old enough or too old to do something)
古臭い [(3)ふるくさい] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ その帽子はとても古臭く見える ⇨ That hat looks really old, outmoded (☛ Literally means “smell old”)
古めかしい [(5)ふるめかしい] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ その名前は現在はとても古めかしく感じる ⇨ That name sounds very old-fashioned today (☛ Old-fashioned, outdated, passe)
爺臭い [(4)じじくさい] [contempt] meaning: old rank: 4
☆ 彼は爺臭い格好をしている ⇨ He dresses like an old man (☛ Only about men)
爺むさい [(4)じじむさい] [contempt] meaning: old rank: 4
☆ 彼は爺むさい格好をしている ⇨ He is dressed like an old man (☛ Only about men)
► 形容動詞
おんぼろ [おんぼろ] [coll] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ 彼はオンボロ車に乗っている ⇨ He’s driving an old beat-up car (☛ Very old and shabby)
旧態依然 [きゅたいいぜん] meaning: old rank: 4
☆ 日本の旧態依然とした教育制度 ⇨ Japan’s outdated educational system (☛ Literally “still old form”)
古典的 [こてんてき] meaning: old rank: 4
☆ 古典的な建築様式 ⇨ A classical architectural design
► 接頭辞
旧 [(1)きゅう] meaning: old rank: 2
☆ 旧友に久し振りに会った ⇨ I met my old friend for the first time in long time
旧 [(1)きゅう] [旧型] meaning: old rank: 2
☆ 旧型のフィルターはこのエアコンには使えない ⇨ The old-style filter cannot be used for this AC
ぼろ [(1)ぼろ] [coll] meaning: old rank: 2
☆ 彼はボロ車に乗っている ⇨ He’s driving a beat-up car (☛ Decrepit)
古 [ふる] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ うちの古女房 ⇨ My old, long-time, wife
► 連体詞
年 [(2)とし] [年が行った] meaning: old rank: 2
☆ 年がいった人達はそういう考え方はしない ⇨ Older people do not think that way
年 [(2)とし] [年の行った] meaning: old rank: 2
☆ 年のいった人達 ⇨ Elderlies
古ぼけた [(4)ふるぼけた] meaning: old rank: 4
☆ 古ぼけた写真 ⇨ An old, black and white, faded, picture