Word Meaning

ろう rou

臈 is read as ろう (rou) and means year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat).

Meaning

English

  1. year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)
  2. becoming more experienced with age
  3. social status based on this experience

Reading

Kana

ろう

Romaji

rou

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 161567 Priority Z

Example Sentences

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むかしはふゆにろうにくをつくってほぞんした。

In the past, people made dried meat in winter and stored it.

たびのしょくりょうとしてろうにくがちょうほうされた。

Dried meat was valued as food for travel.

かれはしおをきかせたろうにくをみやげにもってきた。

He brought some well-salted dried meat as a souvenir.

このちほうではろうにくをうすくきってたべる。

In this region, dried meat is eaten in thin slices.

きろくにはねんまつのろうさいについてくわしくかかれている。

The record describes the year-end sacrifice in detail.

むらではほうさくをいのってろうさいをおこなった。

The village held a year-end sacrifice to pray for a good harvest.

ふるいぶんけんにろうさいのながみえる。

The name of the year-end sacrifice appears in an old document.

そのがくしゃはろうさいのきげんをしらべている。

That scholar is researching the origin of the year-end sacrifice.

ろうにくもろうさいもいまではにちじょうごではない。

Neither dried meat nor the year-end sacrifice is an everyday term now.