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老衰 (ろうすい): senility, senile decay — Japanese vocabulary

老衰 is read ろうすい and means "senility, senile decay". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

老衰

Reading
ろうすい · rousui
Translation
senility, senile decay
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ろうすいが

Example

彼は老衰で二年前に亡くなった。

かれはろうすいでにねんまえになくなった。

He died of old age two years ago.

Kanji in this word

  • 老 — old age
  • 衰 — Decline, Wane, Weaken

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