Illustration: An elderly woman sits on the wooden veranda of her home, smiling as her granddaughter holds an old family photograph beside her face. The photograph shows the same woman as a young adult, recognizable by her distinctive eyebrows and the small mole beside her mouth.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

年とし老おいる

toshioiru

to grow old

Example sentences

彼かれはとても年老としおいていた。
He was very old.
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彼かれの年老としおいた猫ねこはまだ生いきている。
His old cat is still alive.
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彼女かのじょは年老としおいた母親ははおやの世話せわをしている。
She takes care of her old mother.
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Kanji in 年老

年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし
老old man; old ageOnロウKunおいる・ふける

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