JLPT N1 · Verb

老ける (fukeru)

老ける (ふける, fukeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ふける
Romaji: fukeru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

気苦労で彼は急にふけた。

Care aged him quickly.

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

Conjugation of 老ける

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	老ける	ふける fukeru
Polite (~masu)	老けます	ふけます fukemasu
Negative	老けない	ふけない fukenai
Polite negative	老けません	ふけません fukemasen
Past	老けた	ふけた fuketa
Polite past	老けました	ふけました fukemashita
Negative past	老けなかった	ふけなかった fukenakatta
Te-form	老けて	ふけて fukete
Potential	老けられる	ふけられる fukerareru
Passive	老けられる	ふけられる fukerareru
Causative	老けさせる	ふけさせる fukesaseru
Volitional	老けよう	ふけよう fukeyou
Imperative	老けろ	ふけろ fukero
Conditional (~ba)	老ければ	ふければ fukereba

Kanji in 老ける

老

old man, old age, grow oldロウ・お.いる・ふ.ける · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 老ける.

老いおいold age老人ろうじんold person老衰ろうすいsenility老いるおいるto age

Source: JMdict entry 1561010 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.