年より – Vocabulary details

年としより

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. old person; elderly person; senior citizen

Noun

Sumo

2. trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay

3. senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)

4. important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to

とりわけ、お年としよりにはやさしくしなさい。

Above all, be kind to old people.

彼かれは働はたらけないほど年としよりではない。

He is not so old that he cannot work.

白はく髪はつのおかげで彼かの女じょは年としよりふけて見みえる。

Her gray hair makes her look older than her age.

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