Word Meaning 年配

ねんぱい nempai

年配 is read as ねんぱい (nempai) and means (approximate) age.

Meaning

English

  1. (approximate) age
  2. years
  3. older (than)
  4. senior
  5. elderly
  6. old
  7. aged

Reading

Kana

ねんぱい

Romaji

nempai

Writing Variants

  • 年輩 ねんぱい nempai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Related Words 高齢者,お年寄り,年寄り,老人,年配者,お爺さん,お爺ちゃん,爺さん Rank 715 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

年配者

ねんぱいしゃ

elderly person

年頭

ねんとう

beginning of the year

年末

ねんまつ

end-of-year

年収

ねんしゅう

annual income

年寄り

としより

important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

年表

ねんぴょう

chronological table

年号

ねんごう

name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa)

年内

ねんない

by the end of the year

年次

ねんじ

annual

年産

ねんさん

annual production

年取った

としとった

old (person)

年数

ねんすう

number of years

Example Sentences

8

I like older people.

Old people get sick easily.

Old people get up very early.

There are a lot of old people in this village.

Older people are often afraid of trying new things.

Older people still remember the Kennedy assassination.

Some of the older people only speak the local dialect.

Nowadays, we often use the term "senior citizen" to refer to old people.