Illustration: In a Japanese neighborhood community center, an elderly woman with silver hair and a deeply lined face completes a confident table-tennis return. Her equally elderly opponent watches the ball pass with an astonished grin.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

お年とし寄より

otoshiyori

older person, senior citizen

Example sentences

  1. お年寄としよりにはやさしくしなさい。

    Be kind to old people.

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  2. お年寄としよりをからかってはいけません。

    Don’t make fun of old people.

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  3. これらの座席ざせきはお年寄としよりのために取とってある。

    These seats are reserved for old people.

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Kanji in 年寄

  • 年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし
  • 寄draw near; stop inOnキKunよる・よせる

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