年寄り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年 寄
とし
Grade: 1 		よ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
年寄

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) としより [tòshíyóꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • (Tokyo) としより [tòshíyóríꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞ɕijo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

年(とし)寄(よ)り • (toshiyori) 

  1. (unisex) an elderly person
  2. (historical, in samurai clan) an elder
  3. (sumo) an elder

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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