ようろう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ようろう – see the following entry.
養老
[noun] making provision for retirement or the elderly
[noun] living comfortably in old age
[noun] clipping of 養老絞 (yōrōshibori)
[proper noun] The Yōrō era, 717-724
(This term, ようろう (yōrō), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)