年老いる|としおいるtoshioiru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto grow old
    誰だれも学まなべないほど年老としお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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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

Japanese definitions
  1. 年としを取とり、老化ろうかする。
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