老いる
N1おいる oiru
- to age
- to grow old
ichidan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
变老
Examples
- かわいそうな事にその老いた女性はまたもバッグを盗まれた。The poor old woman had her bag stolen again.可怜的那位老妇人包又被偷了。
- 老いた犬に新しい芸当を教え込むことはできない。You can't teach an old dog new tricks.不能教老狗新把戏。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('df8f0c0717'); // 老いる
{
"id": "df8f0c0717",
"word": "老いる",
"reading": "おいる",
"romaji": "oiru",
"meanings": [
"to age",
"to grow old"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v1",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1560990,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "かわいそうな事にその老いた女性はまたもバッグを盗まれた。",
"furigana": "かわいそうな{事|こと}にその{老|お}いた{女性|じょせい}はまたもバッグを{盗|ぬす}まれた。",
"en": "The poor old woman had her bag stolen again.",
"tatoeba_id": 226119
},
{
"ja": "老いた犬に新しい芸当を教え込むことはできない。",
"furigana": "{老|お}いた{犬|いぬ}に{新|あたら}しい{芸当|げいとう}を{教|おし}え{込|こ}むことはできない。",
"en": "You can't teach an old dog new tricks.",
"tatoeba_id": 77334
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "13f583e9f886dca08a58d0fd4293882587a87690c0e832050037ce8122a1fe47",
"meanings": [
"变老"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "かわいそうな事にその老いた女性はまたもバッグを盗まれた。",
"zh": "可怜的那位老妇人包又被偷了。"
},
{
"ja": "老いた犬に新しい芸当を教え込むことはできない。",
"zh": "不能教老狗新把戏。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/df8f0c0717",
"JMdict ent_seq 1560990; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "bfade21c83a1bee34ccda0be81a9df6e1f1448b33b0170e11e8b19be2c7b1a7e",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}