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    3. 老朽

    老朽

    老ろう朽きゅう

    infirmity (due to old age)

    KMT7News #11+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveMedicine & HealthHome & HousingKanji Vocab12 strokes

    ろうきゅう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    infirmity (due to old age), decrepitude, senility, senescence, superannuation

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    この建たて物ものは老ろう朽きゅう化かが進すすんでいる。

    This building is showing signs of aging.

    KMT5Home & Housing
    老ろう朽きゅう化かしたインフラの整せい備びが急きゅう務むだ。

    The maintenance of aging infrastructure is an urgent task.

    KMT7Daily Life
    老ろう朽きゅう化かしたアパートは、取とり壊こわしの対たい象しょうとなることが多 い。

    Dilapidated apartments are often subject to demolition.

    KMT7Home & Housing
    老ろう朽きゅうによる体からだの衰おとろえを感かんじ始はじめた。

    I started to feel my body weakening due to old age.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの老ろう朽きゅうは、長なが年ねんの過か酷こくな労ろう働どうによるものだった。

    His decrepitude was due to many years of harsh labor.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career

    Kanji that make up this word

    老
    お.いる・ふ.ける…(4)
    old man・old age・grow old
    朽
    く.ちる…(2)
    decay・rot・remain in seclusion
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