年寄り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	寄
とし Grade: 1	よ Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

年寄

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) としより [tòshíyóꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
- (Tokyo) としより [tòshíyóríꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [to̞ɕijo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

年寄り (hiragana としより, rōmaji toshiyori)

(unisex) an elderly person
(historical, in samurai clan) an elder
(sumo) an elder

Synonyms

(of an old man) おじいさん, (of an old woman) おばあさん
宿老
親方

References

1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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