ちょうろう

長 老

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    elder, senior

    • 彼はもちろん村の最長老だ。
      He is unquestionably the oldest man in the village.

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    senior monk

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    dean, presbyter, patriarch