Etymology

toshiyori

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Today it means: An elder. Full definition →

Japanese 年寄り
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from年寄り
  2. Japanese · borrowed from年寄り
  3. English todaytoshiyori

Borrowed from Japanese 年寄り (“an elder”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.