老い

おい

Old age, the aged

N3noun·oi

How to remember it

Same kanji as 老いる (to grow old); the noun form of aging.

Example sentences

  • 老いの楽しみについて考えた。

    おいのたのしみについてかんがえた。

    I thought about the pleasures of old age.

  • 老いも若きも集まった。

    おいもわかきもあつまった。

    Both old and young gathered.

Usage

Often literary; idiom 老いも若きも (young and old alike).

Related words

老いる老人若い老いぼれる

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