年寄り
としより
old person; elderly person; senior citizen; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association
JLPT N3 Common word
Meanings
Noun, No-adjective
old person; elderly person; senior citizensensitiveNoun
trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay- senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
- important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
Example sentences
年寄りを優先しろ。
Do make older people the priority!
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The old dog barked.
私は年寄りらしくない。
I don't look like I'm elderly.
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Once a man, twice a child.
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Twelve years is old for a dog.
More examples (10)
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Old men are apt to forget.
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Though I am old, you are still young.
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My parents aren't old yet.
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He is unquestionably the oldest man in the village.
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He is not so old that he cannot work.
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The old must be respected.
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My parents told me we should respect the old.
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My father is so old that he is hard of hearing.
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She tried to look much younger than she really was.
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My father is too old to work.