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    3. 老い

    老い

    老おい​

    old age

    N3KMT7News #13+1NounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab8 strokes

    おい

    Noun

    1.
    old age, old person, the old, the aged

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    老おいは誰だれにでも訪おとずれます。

    Old age comes to everyone.

    KMT6Family & RelationshipsCore Concepts
    老おいを恐おそれずに、人じん生せいを楽たのしむことが大たい切せつです。

    It's important to enjoy life without fearing old age.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは老おいを重かさねても、家か族ぞくに囲かこまれて幸しあわせに暮くらしている。

    Even as he ages, he lives happily surrounded by his family.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    老おいによる身しん体たいの変へん化かを受うけ入いれるのは難むずかしいことです。

    It is difficult to accept the physical changes brought on by old age.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsMedicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    現げん代だい社しゃ会かいでは、老おいとどう向むき合あい、どう生いきるかが重じゅう要ようなテーマとなっている。

    In modern society, how to face old age and how to live has become an important theme.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsReligion & PhilosophyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

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