棄老

Japanese

Kanji in this term
棄	老
き Grade: S	ろう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [kʲiɾo̞ː]

Noun

棄老 (hiragana きろう, rōmaji kirō)

abandoning elderly people in mountains or wilderness
Synonym: 姥捨て (ubasute)

References

Martin Collick, David P. Dutcher, Souichi Tanabe, and Minori Kaneko (2004) Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary 5th edition, Tokyo: Kenkyūsha.

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