Chinese edit

 
old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
aged
trad. (老耄)
simp. #(老耄)

Pronunciation edit


Adjective edit

老耄

  1. senile; decrepit

Synonyms edit

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
ろう
Grade: 4
もう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ろう)(もう) (rōmōらうもう (raumou)?

  1. a dotard

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
お(い)
Grade: 4
ぼ(れ)
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 老耄 – see the following entry.
おいぼれ
[noun] (derogatory or humble) becoming senile, or someone who is senile and confused; dotage; dodderer; dotard
(This term, 老耄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN