JLPT N3 · Noun

老い (oi)

老い (おい, oi) is a Japanese noun meaning “old age; ageing”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
おい
Romaji
oi
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. old age; ageing; aging · noun taking の, noun
  2. old person; the elderly; the aged · noun

Example sentences

少年老い易く学成り難し。
Art is long, time is fleeting.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 老い

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 老い.

Source: JMdict entry 1643510 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.