Illustration: In the kitchen of a long-lived Japanese home, an elderly husband and wife prepare breakfast together. Both have gray hair, lined faces, and slightly stooped shoulders. He steadies a plate while she transfers a neatly rolled omelet onto it, their hands moving with familiar coordination.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

老ろう夫ふう婦ふ

roufuufu

elderly couple

Example sentences

  1. その老夫婦ろうふうふは並ならんですわった。

    The old couple sat side by side.

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  2. あの幸福こうふくな老夫婦ろうふうふの姿すがたはほほえましい。

    It’s heart-warming to see that happy old couple.

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  3. その森もりの中なかに老夫婦ろうふうふが住すんでいた。

    There lived an old couple in the woods.

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Kanji in 老夫婦

  • 老old man; old ageOnロウKunおいる・ふける
  • 夫man; husbandOnフ・フウ・ブKunおっと・それ
  • 婦lady; womanOnフKunよめ

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