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)

(unisex) an elderly person
(historical, in samurai clan) an elder
(sumo) an elder

Synonyms

(elderly person): (Kagoshima) とっしょい
(of an old man): おじいさん
(of an old woman): おばあさん
宿老
親方

References

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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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