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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

老ろう若にゃく男なん女にょ

rounyakunannyo

people of all ages and genders

Example sentences

  1. 最近さいきんは老若男女ろうにゃくなんにょが歌うたえるような歌謡曲かようきょくを耳みみにすることもなくなった。

    Nowadays you no longer hear popular songs that can be sung by men and women of all ages.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 最大流派さいだいりゅうはの優位性ゆういせいを生いかして大正琴及たいしょうごとおよび属品ぞくひんの価格かかくも他流派たりゅうはより安やすく設定せっていし、老若男女ろうにゃくなんにょあらゆる世代せだいが大正琴たいしょうごとを楽たのしめるよう様々さまざまな取とり組くみをしている。

    By making the most of their dominance as the largest schools, it set lower prices for taishogoto and accessories than other schools and makes various efforts so that people of all ages and both sexes can enjoy taishogoto.

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

  3. 蹴鞠けまりは貴族きぞくだけに止とまらず、天皇てんのう、公家くげ、将軍しょうぐん、武士ぶし、神官しんかんはては一般民衆いっぱんみんしゅうに至いたるまで老若男女ろうにゃくなんにょの差別無さべつなく親したしまれた。

    Not only aristocrats, but also the emperors, Court nobles, shogun, samurai, Shinto priests, and the general public, irrespective of age or gender, also liked kemari.

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

Kanji in 老若男女

  • 老old man; old ageOnロウKunおいる・ふける
  • 若young; ifOnジャク・ニャク・ニャKunわかい・わか-・もしくわ
  • 男man; maleOnダン・ナンKunおとこ・お
  • 女woman; femaleOnジョ・ニョ・ニョウKunおんな・め

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