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    3. 老いる

    老いる

    老おい​る​

    to age

    N1KMT10News #38+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab9 strokes

    おいる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to age, to grow old

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    人ひとは誰だれでも老おいる。

    Everyone grows old.

    KMT10Daily Life
    彼かれは年とし老おいてもなお、若わか々わかしい心こころを持もっていた。

    Even as he grew old, he still had a youthful spirit.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    老おいることは避さけられないが、どのように老おいるかは自じ分ぶんで選えらべる。

    Growing old is unavoidable, but how one grows old is a choice.

    KMT10Daily Lifephilosophy
    親おやが老おいる姿すがたを見みるのは、時ときに切せつない。

    Seeing one's parents grow old can sometimes be poignant.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    細さい胞ぼうが老おいるメカニズムは、まだ完かん全ぜんに解かい明めいされていない。

    The mechanism by which cells age has not yet been fully elucidated.

    KMT10Science & MathMedicine & Health

    Characters that make up this word

    老
    お.いる・ふ.ける…(4)
    old man・old age・grow old
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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