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おんじょ

onjo

Definition

Noun

  1. Old people; old person; elderly people; elderly person; the elderly; old man

Etymology

Possibly cognate to the Okinawan second-person pronoun うんじゅ【御所】 unju.

Notes

Also written おんぢょ ondjo.

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Kanaおんじょ
Romanizationonjo

意味:ろうじん【老人】、としより【年寄】、おう【翁】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, May 13). おんじょ : onjo | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1341/onjo/.