老化

ろうか

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive, の-adjective ageing; aging; senile deterioration

Kanji

• 老 elderly. Read as ロウ.
• 化 transform. Read as カ.

Example sentences

• 老化を防ぐためにもっと体を動かすべきだ。
  You have to get more exercise in order to stave off senility.
• 老化現象の一種です。
  This is a condition caused by aging.
• 心を整えて強く保っておくことで脳の老化は防げる、と研究者は言っています。
  Researchers are saying that you can defend against brain aging by collecting yourself and keeping a strong presence of mind.

Common phrases

• 老化が進む
• 老化を防ぐ
• 老化を遅らせる
• 老化に伴う

Words containing 老化

• 抗老化 (こうろうか) anti-aging
• 老化現象 (ろうかげんしょう) aging process
• 早期老化症 (そうきろうかしょう) progeria (disease characterized by symptoms suggestive of premature aging)

And 3 more.

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