Word Meaning 中高年

ちゅうこうねん chuukounen

中高年 is read as ちゅうこうねん (chuukounen) and means middle and old age.

Meaning

English

  1. middle and old age

Reading

Kana

ちゅうこうねん

Romaji

chuukounen

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 101238 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

中年

ちゅうねん

middle-age

中高

ちゅうこう

medium and high (level)

高学年

こうがくねん

upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)

高年

こうねん

old age

中高一貫校

ちゅうこういっかんこう

combined junior high and high school

中高型

なかだかがた

one of the accent patterns of Japanese words, with a rising and then falling pitch

年中

ねんじゅう

during an era

一年中

いちねんじゅう

all year round

年中行事

ねんちゅうぎょうじ

annual function

中間

ちゅうかん

interim

中学生

ちゅうがくせい

junior high school student

中学

ちゅうがく

junior high school

Example Sentences

1

Kareishu is a special smell that comes as old people age. Popular expressions such as: "Ossan kusai" or "Oyaji kusai" (smelly old man) refer to this smell.