Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 老人(ろうじん) in Japanese

老人
JLPT 3
Kana Reading
ろうじん
Romaji
rōjin
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    the aged; old person
    Example sentence
    老人冷遇するのは残念なこと It's a shame the way old people are treated.

Examples of 老人, ろうじん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

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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JLPT 5

2 strokes

person

On'Yomi: ジン, ニン

Kun'Yomi: ひと, -り, -と

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