"年寄り" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [to̞ɕijo̞ɾʲi] Forms: 年寄り [canonical] (ruby: 年(とし), 寄(よ)), toshiyori [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|としより}} 年(とし)寄(よ)り • (toshiyori)
  1. (unisex) an elderly person Synonyms (elderly person): とっしょい [Kagoshima]
    Sense id: en-年寄り-ja-noun-ok7OOlgq Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 38 18 44 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 41 18 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 21 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 41 18 41 Disambiguation of 'elderly person': 90 5 5
  2. (historical, in samurai clan) an elder Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-年寄り-ja-noun-BbmLrWgX Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 38 18 44 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 41 18 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 41 18 41
  3. (sumo) an elder
    Sense id: en-年寄り-ja-noun-BbmLrWgX1 Categories (other): Sumo, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 27 15 58 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 38 18 44 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 41 18 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 41 18 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 24 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 10 87 Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, sumo, war, wrestling
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 宿老, 親方 Synonyms (of an old man): おじいさん Synonyms (of an old woman): おばあさん
Disambiguation of 'of an old man': 9 43 48 Disambiguation of 'of an old woman': 13 44 44
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    },
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      "other": "としより"
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      "ipa": "[to̞ɕijo̞ɾʲi]"
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      "word": "おじいさん"
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      "sense": "of an old woman",
      "word": "おばあさん"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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      "word": "おじいさん"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "宿老"
    },
    {
      "word": "親方"
    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 年寄り meaning in Japanese (1.7kB)

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  "trace": ""
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{
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