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senility, physical decline due to old age, death from old age
The gradual deterioration of bodily functions due to advanced age. In Japanese medical and legal contexts, it is used as an official cause of death when no specific disease is identified.
祖父は老衰で亡くなった。
My grandfather passed away from old age.
死因は老衰と診断された。
The cause of death was diagnosed as senility.
高齢化社会が進む中、老衰による死亡が増加している。
As society continues to age, deaths from old age are increasing.
USAGE:
In Japan, 老衰 is an officially recognized cause of death on death certificates, used when an elderly person dies of natural causes without a specific identifiable disease. It has become one of the leading causes of death as Japan's population ages.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 老衰で亡くなる: to die of old age
- 老衰死: death from old age
- 死因は老衰: cause of death is senility
- 老衰による死亡: death due to old age