元老|げんろうgenrou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounelder statesman; doyen; old-timer; authority
2. noungenrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)

• Antonym新参しんざんNeutralNewcomer: stresses having only just joined an organization, as in 「新参者」. The direct opposite of the long-tenured 「元老」.
• Antonym新人しんじんNeutralEveryday word for a person newly hired or newly debuted; contrasts with the seasoned 「元老」.

Use 「元老」 for a senior figure with long service and high standing, as in 「党の元老」 or 「球界の元老」; it also refers to the Meiji-era genrō. The opposites are 「新人」, the everyday word, and 「新参」 for a fresh joiner.

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1. 年功ねんこうを積つみ、官位かんいや名望めいぼうが高たかい者もの。
2. 明治めいじ憲法けんぽう下かで天皇てんのうを補佐ほさし、国政こくせいについて決定力けっていりょくを有ゆうした政治家せいじか。