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    3. 養老

    養老

    養よう老ろう

    making provision for the elderly

    KMT9News #24+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab21 strokes

    ようろう

    Noun

    1.
    making provision for the elderly, making provision for one's old age
    2.
    spending one's old age in comfort
    3.
    Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)

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    彼かれは養よう老ろうのために貯ちょ金きんをしている。

    He is saving money for his old age.

    KMT6Daily LifeBusiness & Finance
    養よう老ろうの滝たきは、日に本ほんの美うつくしい自し然ぜん景けい観かんの一ひとつです。

    Yoro Falls is one of Japan's beautiful natural landscapes.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsNature & Environment
    昔むかしの日に本ほんでは、養よう老ろうの精せい神しんが社しゃ会かいの基き盤ばんをなしていた。

    In ancient Japan, the spirit of providing for the elderly formed the foundation of society.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & Traditions
    養よう老ろう保ほ険けんは、老ろう後ごの生せい活かつを支ささえるための重じゅう要ような金きん融ゆう商しょう品ひんです。

    Endowment insurance (Yoro Hoken) is an important financial product to support life in old age.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsBusiness & Finance
    養よう老ろう律りつ令りょうは、奈な良ら時じ代だいの重じゅう要ような法ほう典てんでした。

    The Yoro Code was an important legal code during the Nara period.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    養
    やしな.う…(3)
    foster・bring up・rear・develop・nurture
    老
    お.いる・ふ.ける…(4)
    old man・old age・grow old
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