Meaning of 老年(ろうねん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 老年

Kana Reading ろうねん

Romaji rōnen

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

Meaning

old age

Examples of 老年, ろうねん in a sentence

老年は死に取り巻かれている島である。

Old age is an island surrounded by death.
ニコデモは言った。「人は老年になっていて、どのようにして生れる事が出来るのですか」

How can a man be born when he is old? Nicodemus asked.

Related Kanji

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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年 JLPT 5

6 strokes

year, counter for years

On'Yomi: ネン

Kun'Yomi: とし

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