- advanced age; old age
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
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I took care to make the letters large and be generous with character and line spacing in order for it to be easy to read for the elderly and those who have problems with their sight.
Tom Skeleton, the ancient stage doorkeeper, sat in his battered armchair, listening as the actors came up the stone stairs from their dressing rooms.
In the past, the old used to be looked upon as experts in solving various problems of life.
Learning lessons from Europe, Japan has to switch its economic-oriented policy to a consumer-conscious one, in order to cope with the coming unprecedented aging society towards the 21st century.
The risk associated with advanced age childbirth has been considerably reduced compared to long time ago.