Illustration: A maintenance worker examines an aging bicycle shelter behind a Japanese apartment block. Its metal roof sags between supports, rust has eaten through the bottoms of several posts, and old fastening bolts sit loose in enlarged holes.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

老ろう朽きゅう

roukyuu

deterioration with age

Often appears as 老朽化 for aging buildings or facilities. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 主おもな要因よういんは、不況ふきょう、少子化しょうしか、施設しせつの老朽ろうきゅう化かだった。

    The main reasons were depression, fewer children and the decrepit premises.

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

  2. 老朽ろうきゅう化かの進すすむ団地だんちでは次つぎのいずれかの方法ほうほうで更新こうしんを行おこなう。

    Aging danchi are renovated by the following methods.

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

  3. 京都市きょうとしが無償むしょうで譲ゆずり受うけたが老朽ろうきゅう化かで内部非公開ないぶひこうかいとなっている。

    The City of Kyoto received it at no cost; but the inside is closed to the public because it has deteriorated with age.

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

Kanji in 老朽

  • 老old man; old ageOnロウKunおいる・ふける
  • 朽decay; rotOnキュウKunくちる

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