"元老" meaning in Japanese

See 元老 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: 元老 [canonical] (ruby: (げん), (ろう)), genrō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|げんろう}} 元(げん)老(ろう) • (genrō)
  1. elder statesman
    Sense id: en-元老-ja-noun-~ib60MjZ Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 47 53
  2. one of the advisors to the emperor from the latter part of the Meiji period until World War II
    Sense id: en-元老-ja-noun-r7KRIIC4 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 10 15 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 6 9 82 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 29 71 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 75 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 24 76
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      "form": "元老",
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Download raw JSONL data for 元老 meaning in Japanese (1.0kB)

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