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老朽 (ろうきゅう) — infirmity (due to old age) · Nihongo Circle

老朽

ろうきゅう

nountransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1infirmity (due to old age)
2decrepitude
3senility

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Kanji in this word

老Old Man, Old Age, Grow Old6 strokes 朽Decay, Rot, Remain In Seclusion6 strokes

More words with 老

老衰ろうすい · senilityN1 老人ろうじん · the agedN3 老若ろうにゃく · young and old 老舗しにせ · long-established shop 海老えび · prawn 敬老

Full entry on Jisho

けいろう · respect for the aged

初老しょろう · past middle age

老いるおいる · to ageN1

More words with 朽

朽ちるくちる · to rotN1