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元老
元老
Chinese
primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
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old (of people); aged; venerable (person); outdated; experienced; (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity)
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simp. and trad. (元老) |
元 | 老 |
Noun
元老
- (archaic) veteran official; bureaucrat with experience and character
- chief figure; veteran member
Japanese
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元 | 老 |
げん Grade: 2 |
ろう Grade: 4 |
on'yomi |
Noun
元老 (hiragana げんろう, romaji genrō)
- elder statesman
- one of the advisors to the emperor from the latter part of the Meiji period until World War II