老齢(ろうれい)

ろうれい
noun
old age; advanced age
1. old age; advanced age; being elderly
The state of being old or having reached an advanced age. Used in formal, legal, and medical contexts more often than conversational speech.
老齢(ろうれい)による病気(びょうき)。
An illness due to old age.
祖父(そふ)は老齢(ろうれい)でも毎日(まいにち)散歩(さんぽ)を欠(か)かさない。
Even in his old age, my grandfather never misses his daily walk.
老齢(ろうれい)年金(ねんきん)の受給(じゅきゅう)資格(しかく)は原則(げんそく)として65歳(さい)から始(はじ)まる。
Eligibility for old-age pension generally begins at age 65.

A formal word for old age, more common in written and official contexts than in conversation. In everyday speech, 高齢(こうれい) or 年老(としお)いた are more natural.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 老齢(ろうれい)年金(ねんきん): old-age pension
  • 老齢(ろうれい)による: due to old age
  • 老齢(ろうれい)に達(たっ)する: to reach old age
  • 老齢(ろうれい)化(か): aging (of a population)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 高齢(こうれい): old age, advanced age — more neutral and widely used in formal and everyday speech
  • 晩年(ばんねん): later years of life — emphasizes the final stage of one's life
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