おいぼれ

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
老い耄れ
老いぼれ
老ぼれ
老耄れ
老耄

Etymology

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連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 老(お)い耄(ぼ)れる (oiboreru, “to become senile”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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おいぼれ • (oibore) 

  1. (derogatory or humble) becoming senile, or someone who is senile and confused; dotage; dodderer; dotard

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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