Word Meaning 寄る年波には勝てない

よるとしなみにはかてない yorutoshinaminihakatenai

寄る年波には勝てない is read as よるとしなみにはかてない (yorutoshinaminihakatenai) and means nobody can win against advancing age.

Meaning

English

  1. nobody can win against advancing age

Reading

Kana

よるとしなみにはかてない

Romaji

yorutoshinaminihakatenai

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 51 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 70435 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

寄せ波

よせなみ

incoming wave

年寄りくさい

としよりくさい

in the manner of an old person

年波

としなみ

old age

準年寄り

じゅんとしより

temporary coaching status for a retired wrestler

年寄名跡

としよりみょうせき

official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)

年寄り

としより

important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

年寄る

としよる

to grow old

年寄株

としよりかぶ

sumo management stock

年寄衆

としよりしゅう

elder chief of a village or town during Edo Period

一代年寄

いちだいとしより

special coaching stock awarded to retired grand champion

年寄り子

としよりご

child born of older parents

年寄りっ子

としよりっこ

child born of older parents

Example Sentences

2

No one can turn the clock back.

Even those players who saw winning as a given can't triumph over getting old.