老い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老
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kun’yomi

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 老いる (oiru, “to age, to grow old”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) おい [óꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) おい [òíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) おい [òí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA^(key): [o̞i]

Noun

老い (hiragana おい, rōmaji oi)

old age

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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