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老ふける

N1
ふける fukeru
  1. to age
ichidan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

显老;衰老

Examples

  • 彼かれは老ふけて見みえるが、まだ20代だいだ。
    He looks old, but he is still in his twenties.
    他看起来显老,但还只有二十多岁。
  • 彼かれは年としの割わりには老ふけて見みえる。
    He looks old for his age.
    他看起来比实际年龄老。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d0acb6f006'); // 老ける
{
  "id": "d0acb6f006",
  "word": "老ける",
  "reading": "ふける",
  "romaji": "fukeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to age"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1561010,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は老けて見えるが、まだ20代だ。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{老|ふ}けて{見|み}えるが、まだ20{代|だい}だ。",
      "en": "He looks old, but he is still in his twenties.",
      "tatoeba_id": 111101
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は年の割には老けて見える。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{年|とし}の{割|わり}には{老|ふ}けて{見|み}える。",
      "en": "He looks old for his age.",
      "tatoeba_id": 101367
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "bcad78810708e4c83b6cde561526187f5f6df6890fabfc66bf88c4ce89f6964d",
    "meanings": [
      "显老",
      "衰老"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は老けて見えるが、まだ20代だ。",
        "zh": "他看起来显老,但还只有二十多岁。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は年の割には老けて見える。",
        "zh": "他看起来比实际年龄老。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/d0acb6f006",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1561010; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "6a3d578452c93b7ccba3163a518d8e0226e451acce5bb260883b846e0addeecc"
  }
}