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Meaning of 老犬(ろうけん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 老犬

Kana Reading ろうけん

Romaji rōken

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

old dog

Example sentence

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。 You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

Examples of 老犬, ろうけん in a sentence

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.
老犬に新しい芸は教えられない。

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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Kanji in this word

犬 JLPT 4

4 strokes

dog

On'Yomi: ケン

Kun'Yomi: いぬ, いぬ-

老 JLPT 3

6 strokes

old man, old age, grow old

On'Yomi: ロウ

Kun'Yomi: お.いる, ふ.ける

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