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年寄としより

N3
としより toshiyori
  1. old people
  2. the aged
nounの-adjective

Also written 年寄り

Chinese meanings

老人;老年人

Examples

  • お年寄りをからかってはいけません。
    Don't make fun of old people.
    不可以捉弄老人。
  • お年寄りには生きがいが必要だ。
    Old people need something to live for.
    老年人需要生活的意义。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('2af3aed135'); // 年寄
{
  "id": "2af3aed135",
  "word": "年寄",
  "reading": "としより",
  "romaji": "toshiyori",
  "meanings": [
    "old people",
    "the aged"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "adj-no"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1598750,
  "other_forms": [
    "年寄り"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "お年寄りをからかってはいけません。",
      "en": "Don't make fun of old people.",
      "tatoeba_id": 77294
    },
    {
      "ja": "お年寄りには生きがいが必要だ。",
      "en": "Old people need something to live for.",
      "tatoeba_id": 77304
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "3b590c3e60f6ec1b3de854945b6db95c8618cdd9c8ddc60228537bc5bad89b6f",
    "meanings": [
      "老人",
      "老年人"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "お年寄りをからかってはいけません。",
        "zh": "不可以捉弄老人。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "お年寄りには生きがいが必要だ。",
        "zh": "老年人需要生活的意义。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/2af3aed135",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1598750; 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": "0695af319b5164746b3da1f768c08bae8045afaa06dde2cb7a57760cfe27ea46"
  }
}