年寄る|としよるtoshiyoru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- godan verb, intransitive verbto grow old
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 年寄る(としよる) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 年寄ります(としよります) |
| Negative (nai) | 年寄らない(としよらない) |
| polite (masen) | 年寄りません(としよりません) |
| classical zu / nu | 年寄らず・年寄らぬ(としよらず・としよらぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 年寄った(としよった) |
| polite (mashita) | 年寄りました(としよりました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 年寄らなかった(としよらなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 年寄りませんでした(としよりませんでした) |
| Te form | 年寄って(としよって) |
| Potential | 年寄れる(としよれる) |
| Passive | 年寄られる(としよられる) |
| Causative | 年寄らせる(としよらせる) |
| Causative passive | 年寄らせられる・年寄らされる(としよらせられる・としよらされる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 年寄れば(としよれば) |
| tara | 年寄ったら(としよったら) |
| Volitional | 年寄ろう(としよろう) |
| polite (mashou) | 年寄りましょう(としよりましょう) |
| Imperative | 年寄れ(としよれ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym年老いるとしおいるWrittenWritten and more elegant than 「年寄る」; stresses being advanced in years and frail, often in 「年老いた両親」.
- Synonym老いるおいるWrittenWritten word stressing the decline of body and mind with age, as in 「老いてなお盛ん」.
- Synonym老けるふけるCasualColloquial; stresses age showing in one's appearance, as in 「老けて見える」.
- Synonym加齢かれいWrittenWritten term for growing older and the changes it brings; common in medical and cosmetic contexts.
- Synonym年取るとしとるNeutralEveryday word for getting on in years; stresses the increase in age and is more neutral than 「年寄る」, not necessarily implying decline.
- Synonym老け込むふけこむCasualColloquial; stresses coming to look older than one's actual age as the body weakens.
- Related老化ろうかWrittenWritten noun for functions declining over time; used of materials as well as people.
- Antonym若返るわかがえるNeutralAntonym: to regain one's youth or become young again, the opposite of growing old as in 「年寄る」.
Use 「年寄る」 for growing old with the years, often as 「年寄った」 or 「年寄り」. In everyday speech 「年を取る」 is the usual choice; for looking old say 「老ける」, and in writing 「老いる」. 「若返る」 is the opposite.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
- 年をとって、だんだん老いていく。


