老

ろう

old age, age, old people, the old, the aged

師

し

teacher, master, one's mentor

老老介護

ろうろうかいご

old people providing care for old people (parents, siblings, in-laws, etc.)

老木

ろうぼく

old tree

老頭

おいがしら

helmet with white hair coming out of the top to make one look like an old person

老松

ろうしょう おいまつ

old pine tree

大老

たいろう

(Edo-period) chief minister

老成

ろうせい

mature, becoming precocious

老生

ろうせい

elderly person's polite reference to self

棄老

きろう

old person thrown away in the mountains

老臣

ろうしん

old or key retainer

海老

えび

prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

老儒

ろうじゅ

elderly Confucian scholar

老将

ろうしょう

old or veteran army general

老少

ろうしょう

young and old

野老

ところ やろう トコロ

Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam)

養老

ようろう

making provision for the elderly

老中

ろうじゅう ろうぢゅう

member of shogun's council of elders

老醜

ろうしゅう

ugliness of old age