Vocab Info
N3 Noun, No-adjective
年寄りold people, the aged, 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)
Dictionary Definition
Noun, No-adjective
1.
Noun
2.
trustee of the Japan Sumo Association, retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay
SumoNoun
3.
senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
Noun
4.
important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
All Forms
年寄り 【としより】、年寄 【としより】、年より 【としより】
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年寄りには親切にするべきです。
We should be kind to the elderly.
僕の母もすっかり年寄りになってしまった。
My mother has also become an elder in her entirety.
いつもお年寄りに親切に接する彼の姿に惹かれました。
I was drawn to his kindness and how he always treats the elderly with care.
年寄りじみた話はやめて、もっと年相応の話をしましょうよ…。
Let's stop talking about old people's stuff and have a more age-appropriate conversation.
年寄りにストレッチを指導するに於いて、「やり過ぎない」事が最も重要である。
When instructing the elderly in stretching exercises, it is most important to avoid overdoing it.
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