Word Meaning 年寄り
年寄り is read as としより (toshiyori) and means important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate).
Meaning
English
- important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
- senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
- trustee of the Japan Sumo Association
- retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay
- old person
- elderly person
- senior citizen
Reading
Kana
としより
Romaji
toshiyori
Writing Variants
- 年より としより toshiyori
- 年寄 としより toshiyori
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12年寄名跡
としよりめいせき
official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)
Example Sentences
10年寄りを優先しろ。
Do make older people the priority!
年寄りの犬が吠えた。
The old dog barked.
私は年寄りらしくない。
I don't look like I'm elderly.
お年寄りは大切にしなさい。
Take care of old people.
１２歳といえば犬は年寄りだ。
Twelve years is old for a dog.
彼女はお年寄りに親切です。
She is kind to old people.
お年寄りには親切にしなさい。
Be kind to old people.
彼は疑いなく村一番の年寄りだ。
He is unquestionably the oldest man in the village.
お年寄りにはやさしくしなさい。
Be kind to old people.
私の両親はまだ年寄りではない。
My parents aren't old yet.
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