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年寄

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

年寄 — “old person, elderly person”

年寄 (read としより) means old person, elderly person. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

としより

Meaning

old person, elderly person

年寄 in a sentence

年寄としよりに席せきを譲ゆずる。

To give up one's seat to an elderly person.

The kanji in 年寄

年year
寄to approach; to stop by

Words that share a kanji with 年寄

去年きょねん— last year
今年ことし— this year
さ来年さらいねん— year after next
年とし— year, age
～年～ねん— ~ years
毎年まいねん; まいとし— every year, yearly, annually
万年筆まんねんひつ— fountain pen
来年らいねん— next year

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