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老おいる

N1
おいる oiru
  1. to age
  2. to grow old
ichidan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

变老

Examples

  • かわいそうな事ことにその老おいた女じょ性せいはまたもバッグを盗ぬすまれた。
    The poor old woman had her bag stolen again.
    可怜的那位老妇人包又被偷了。
  • 老おいた犬いぬに新あたらしい芸げい当とうを教おしえ込こむことはできない。
    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"
  }
}