年老いる|としおいるtoshioiru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto grow old誰も学べないほど年老いているということはない。↗No man is so old he cannot learn.
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 年老いる(としおいる) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 年老います(としおいます) |
| Negative (nai) | 年老いない(としおいない) |
| polite (masen) | 年老いません(としおいません) |
| classical zu / nu | 年老いず・年老いぬ(としおいず・としおいぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 年老いた(としおいた) |
| polite (mashita) | 年老いました(としおいました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 年老いなかった(としおいなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 年老いませんでした(としおいませんでした) |
| Te form | 年老いて(としおいて) |
| Potential | 年老いられる(としおいられる) |
| Passive | 年老いられる(としおいられる) |
| Causative | 年老いさせる(としおいさせる) |
| Causative passive | 年老いさせられる(としおいさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 年老いれば(としおいれば) |
| tara | 年老いたら(としおいたら) |
| Volitional | 年老いよう(としおいよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 年老いましょう(としおいましょう) |
| Imperative | 年老いろ(としおいろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym老いるおいるWrittenWritten-style verb for the decline of body and mind that comes with age; it stresses the decline, while 「年老いる」 stresses having grown old.
- Synonym年寄るとしよるNeutralMeans gradually growing old, but is rarely used on its own; you mostly meet it in the noun 「年寄り」.
- Synonym老けるふけるNeutralMeans looking old, showing age in the face or build; it stresses appearance, while 「年老いる」 stresses actually having grown old.
- Synonym年取るとしとるNeutralPlain, everyday verb for getting on in years, at home in speech. 「年老いる」 is more written and carries a nuance of decline with age.
- Related老化ろうかNeutralNoun for aging as a decline in function; used of the body wearing out and of objects deteriorating.
- Related加齢かれいNeutralNoun for growing older and the decline that comes with it; belongs to medical and advertising language.
- Related老け込むふけこむNeutralSuggests looking older than one's actual age; the focus is on outward signs of age rather than on age itself.
- Related高齢化こうれいかNeutralNoun for the aging of a population; concerns society's demographic structure rather than any individual.
- Antonym若返るわかがえるNeutralAntonym: to become young again, to recover one's youthful vigor; the direct opposite of 「年老いる」.
Use 「年老いる」 for growing old, in somewhat written style, as in 「年老いた両親」. In everyday speech say 「年取る」; for the decline of age use 「老いる」, for looking old 「老ける」. 「若返る」 is the antonym. The nouns 「老化」「加齢」「高齢化」 cover deterioration, medical contexts and population aging.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


