年より

としより

old person

N3 #2,111

Meanings

also 年寄り · 年寄

  1. noun, takes の, sensitive old person; elderly person; senior citizen
  2. noun, sumo 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)

Its kanji

In sentences

お年としよりへのその対応たいおうはひどい。 It's a shame the way old people are treated. #77259

彼かれは働はたらけないほど年としよりではない。 He is not so old that he cannot work. #101663