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年寄り [ichi1,news1,nf04] ；年寄；年より
【としより [ichi1,news1,nf04] 】

[n,adj-no] [sens]
▶ old person
▶ elderly person
▶ senior citizen

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 2105390 年寄衆【としよりしゅう】 1. elder chief of a village or town during Edo Period

[n] {sumo}
▶ trustee of the Japan Sumo Association
▶ [expl] retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 2139950 年寄名跡【としよりみょうせき】 1. official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)

[n]
▶ senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)

[n]
▶ important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

History:

10.	A 2023-11-09 04:43:18 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	About 60% of the n-gram counts for 年寄り come from use of お年寄り. I've proposed an entry for that form.
9.	A* 2023-11-09 02:59:17
	Refs:	sankoku
	Comments:	basically "お年寄り" should be used instead to be polite so maybe "sensitive" tag might be useful?
	Diff:	@@ -24,0 +25 @@ +<misc>&sens;</misc>
8.	A 2018-06-04 04:41:38 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7.	A* 2018-06-03 20:14:26 Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5 G-ngrams
	Diff:	@@ -23,0 +24 @@ +<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
6.	A 2017-10-25 23:34:23 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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5.	A* 2017-10-25 23:24:46 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5, prog
	Comments:	Glosses to singular form.
	Diff:	@@ -24,2 +24,3 @@ -<gloss>old people</gloss> -<gloss>the aged</gloss> +<gloss>old person</gloss> +<gloss>elderly person</gloss> +<gloss>senior citizen</gloss>
4.	A 2013-08-26 23:13:00 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3.	A* 2013-08-26 23:09:40 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiyori
	Comments:	gg5 combines senses 3 and 4
	Diff:	@@ -30,2 +30,10 @@ -<gloss>coach</gloss> -<gloss>coaches</gloss> +<gloss>trustee of the Japan Sumo Association</gloss> +<gloss g_type="expl">retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)</gloss>
2.	A 2012-06-30 07:33:35 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -30,1 +30,2 @@ -<gloss>sumo coaches</gloss> +<gloss>coach</gloss> +<gloss>coaches</gloss>
1.	A* 2012-06-26 13:30:29 Scott
	Diff:	@@ -29,0 +29,1 @@ +<field>&sumo;</field>

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