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A3 Expression, う-verb (る)
年をとるto grow old, to age
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- Expression, う-verb (る) - 1. - to grow old, to age 
 
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年をとる 【としをとる】、歳をとる 【としをとる】、年を取る 【としをとる】、歳を取る 【としをとる】
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- 年をとって体が悪くなってきた。 - As I have grown old, my health has deteriorated. 
- 祖母は年をとっているが、まだ元気だ。 - Grandmother has grown old, but she is still healthy. 
- 年をとってきて、世間が見えてくるようになった。 - As I have grown old, I have started to see the world more clearly. 
- 白髪が生え始めて、年をとってきたことを感じてしまいました。 - I started getting gray hair and felt that I was growing old. 
- 年をとるということは、人としてまた一つ成長する事が出来たという事だ。 - To grow old means that you have been able to grow as a person once again. 
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