Illustration: At a family gathering, a short, elderly brother stands beside his much taller adult sister as they recreate a childhood photograph held by their mother.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

年ねん長ちょう

nenchou

older, senior

Example sentences

  1. 年長ねんちょうの息子むすこたちは今いまは父親ちちおやからまったく独立どくりつしている。

    The elder sons are now quite independent of their father.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 子供こどもはよく年長ねんちょう者しゃの真似まねをしようとする。

    Children often try to imitate their elders.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. しかし、昔むかしながらの年長ねんちょう者しゃや年配者ねんぱいしゃによる口承こうしょうが少すくない。

    However, traditional oral story telling by the elders and the older people is rare.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 年長

  • 年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし
  • 長long; leaderOnチョウKunながい・おさ

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