N1Noun
老人
ろうじん
Meaning
- 1.old person
- 2.senior citizen
- 3.the aged
Meanings across languages
- English
- old person, senior citizen, the aged
- Tiếng Việt
- người già, công dân cao tuổi, người cao tuổi
- 日本語
- 老人, 高齢者, 高齢者
- 한국어
- 노인, 고령자, 노인
- 中文
- 老人, 老年人, 高龄者
- Bahasa Indonesia
- orang tua
- ภาษาไทย
- คนแก่
- Español
- persona mayor
- Français
- personne âgée
- Deutsch
- Senioren
- Português
- pessoa idosa
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Example sentences
そこで彼は謎の老人に出会い、秘密を聞いた。
There he encountered a mysterious old man and listened to his secrets.
老人いわく、その薬の材料は禍をもたらす力があると。
According to the old man, the ingredients of that medicine have the power to bring about calamity.
今日は、特別養護老人ホームでのシフトがあります。
Today, I have a shift at the elderly care facility.
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