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元老

元老

Chinese

 
primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
 
old (of people); aged; venerable (person); outdated; experienced; (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or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)
simp. and trad.
(元老)

Noun

元老

  1. (archaic) veteran official; bureaucrat with experience and character
  2. chief figure; veteran member

Japanese

Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: 2
ろう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

元老 (hiragana げんろう, romaji genrō)

  1. elder statesman
  2. one of the advisors to the emperor from the latter part of the Meiji period until World War II