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老い (おい): old age, the aged — Japanese vocabulary

老い is read おい and means "old age, the aged". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

老い

Reading
おい · oi
Translation
old age, the aged
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
おいがおいが

Example

少年老い易く学成り難し。

しょうねんおいやすくがくなりがたし。

Art is long, time is fleeting.

Kanji in this word

  • 老 — old age

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