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老齢

ろうれい

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
  • advanced age
  • senility

Related Kanji

老 old man, old age, grow old
齢 age

Example Sentences

老齢は気づかぬうちに我々に忍び寄る。
Old age creeps upon us unnoticed.
少子化と人口の老齢化を見越して業務内容を大幅に変更したあの会社は先見の明があったわけだ。
It was very far-sighted for that company to change its policy to accommodate the decrease in numbers of children and the aging of society.
彼はその子供が彼の老齢の頼りになると予期していた。
He expected the boy to be the staff of his old age.
私たちの主たる関心は社会の老齢化にあるべきだ。
Our chief concern should be the aging of society.
少年少女と呼ぶべき年齢の者から、近く大往生を遂げるのではないかという老齢の者の姿まである。
There were figures there from those of an age best called girls and boys to those who looked to be old enough to be about to live out their life span.