年寄
N3としより toshiyori
- old people
- 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"
}
}