Word Meaning 高齢

こうれい kourei

高齢 is read as こうれい (kourei) and means advanced age.

Meaning

English

  1. advanced age
  2. old age

Reading

Kana

こうれい

Romaji

kourei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Rank 2706 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

高年齢

こうねんれい

aged

高齢者

こうれいしゃ

old person

高年齢化

こうねんれいか

(population) ageing

高齢出産

こうれいしゅっさん

delayed child-bearing

高齢化

こうれいか

population ageing (aging)

高齢化社会

こうれいかしゃかい

aging society

高齢者マーク

こうれいしゃまーく

elderly driver mark

中高齢

ちゅうこうれい

middle and advanced age

最高齢

さいこうれい

oldest

高齢者福祉

こうれいしゃふくし

elderly care

高齢運転者標識

こうれいうんてんしゃひょうしき

elderly driver mark

高齢者虐待

こうれいしゃぎゃくたい

abuse of elderly people

Example Sentences

10

Japan is an aged society.

An old woman was burnt to death.

There are many senior citizens in this area.

Old people get sick easily.

He is unquestionably the oldest man in the village.

My father is too old to work.

Tom is too old to live by himself.

We must think about the care of old people.

The old man narrowly escaped being run over by a car.

The old man spoke to me in French.