Illustration: An elderly couple stand beside a large framed wedding photograph in their living room, playfully recreating the young couple’s pose. Matching facial features, the husband’s distinctive eyebrow and the wife’s familiar smile clearly identify them as the photographed pair.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

年としをとる

toshiotoru

to grow old

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしも年としをとったなあ。

    I feel old.

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  2. 彼かれは年としをとるにつれてやさしくなった。

    As he grew older, he became gentler.

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  3. 祖母そぼもすっかり歳としをとった。

    My grandmother has got old.

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Kanji in 年

  • 年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし

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