老い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老
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kun’yomi

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 老いる (oiru, “to age, to grow old”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おい [óꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) おい [òíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) おい [òí] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
IPA^(key): [o̞i]

Noun

老(お)い • (oi)

old age

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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
Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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