耄碌

Japanese

Kanji in this term
耄 碌
もう
Hyōgaiji
ろく
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) も​ーろく [móꜜòròkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞ːɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

耄(もう)碌(ろく) • (mōroku) 

  1. senility, dotage, decrepitude

Verb

耄(もう)碌(ろく)する • (mōroku suru) suru (stem 耄(もう)碌(ろく)し (mōroku shi), past 耄(もう)碌(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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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