Japanese Word Entry

年を拾う
Kana:としをひろう
Romaji:toshiwohirou
Definition: to grow old

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Chinese characters used in this word

year, counter for years, new-years, person's age
Readings
Mandarin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ (nián), ㄋㄧㄥˋ (nìng)
Cantonese: nin4
Japanese: ネン (nen) / とし (toshi)、 みのる (minoru)、 よわい (yowai)
Korean: 년 (nyeon), 연 (yeon)
Vietnamese: niên, nên
Variants
Semantic variant form:

pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten, collect, tidy up, accounting form of the numeral ten
Readings
Mandarin: ㄕˊ (shí), ㄕㄜˋ (shè), ㄐㄧㄝˋ (jiè)
Cantonese: sap6
Japanese: シュウ (shuu)、 ジュウ (juu) / ひろ.う (hirou)、 とお (too)
Korean: 습 (seub), 십 (sib)
Vietnamese: thập, thiệp, kiệp