耄碌

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もう
Hyōgai
ろく
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーろく [móꜜòròkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞ːɾo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

(もう)(ろく) • (mōroku

  1. senility, dotage, decrepitude

Verb

(もう)(ろく)する • (mōroku surusuru (stem (もう)(ろく) (mōroku shi), past (もう)(ろく)した (mōroku shita))

  1. to be senile

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN