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年とし寄より
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Meanings
Noun
No-adjective
1. old person; elderly person; senior citizen (Sensitive)
Noun
2. trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay
3. senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
4. important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
Other spellings
年とし寄より年としより
Kanji used
年year寄get near
Pitch accent
としより
としより
Composed of
年とし
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
Noun
寄より
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
Noun
Used in vocabulary
若わか年どし寄より
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period
Noun
町まち年どし寄より
town elder (Edo period); town leader; alderman
Noun
年とし寄より役やく
senior's role
Noun
年とし寄より株かぶ
sumo management stock; one of the 105 titled trusteeships in the Japan Sumo Association; tradable share that entitles the holder to take part in the management of sumo
Noun
準じゅん年とし寄より
temporary coaching status for a retired wrestler
Noun
平ひら年どし寄より
coach without a special assignment within the Sumo Association
Noun
一いち代だい年とし寄より
special coaching stock awarded to retired grand champion
Noun
年とし寄より衆しゅう
elder chief of a village or town during Edo Period
Noun
年とし寄より名めい跡せき
official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)
Noun
Examples41
The blind nurse devoted herself to caring for the elderly.
Though I am old, you are still young.
It's a shame the way old people are treated.
Old people get up very early.
She is kind to old people.
Be so kind as to help the old.