元老

げんろう

Meanings

1. Noun elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; authority
2. genrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)

Kanji

• 元 source. Read as ゲン.
• 老 elderly. Read as ロウ.

Words containing 元老

• 元老院 (げんろういん) (Roman) senate

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