老化

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Chinese

old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
to make into; to change into; ‑ization
to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
 
trad. (老化) 老 化
simp. #(老化) 老 化

Pronunciation

Verb

老化

  1. (literal, of a person or population) to age; to grow old
  2. (figurative) to become outdated; to become obsolete
  3. (chemistry) to age
  4. to degenerate; to atrophy

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
老 化
ろう
Grade: 4 		か
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

老(ろう)化(か) • (rōka) 

  1. aging

Verb

老(ろう)化(か)する • (rōka suru) intransitive suru (stem 老(ろう)化(か)し (rōka shi), past 老(ろう)化(か)した (rōka shita))

  1. to age

Conjugation

Conjugation of "老化する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 老化し ろうかし rōka shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 老化し ろうかし rōka shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 老化する ろうかする rōka suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 老化する ろうかする rōka suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 老化すれ ろうかすれ rōka sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 老化せよ¹
老化しろ² 		ろうかせよ¹
ろうかしろ² 		rōka seyo¹
rōka shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 老化される ろうかされる rōka sareru
Causative 老化させる
老化さす 		ろうかさせる
ろうかさす 		rōka saseru
rōka sasu
Potential 老化できる ろうかできる rōka dekiru
Volitional 老化しよう ろうかしよう rōka shiyō
Negative 老化しない ろうかしない rōka shinai
Negative continuative 老化せず ろうかせず rōka sezu
Formal 老化します ろうかします rōka shimasu
Perfective 老化した ろうかした rōka shita
Conjunctive 老化して ろうかして rōka shite
Hypothetical conditional 老化すれば ろうかすれば rōka sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
老化

Noun

老化 • (nohwa) (hangeul 노화)

  1. hanja form? of 노화 (“aging”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
老化

Verb

老化

  1. chữ Hán form of lão hóa (“to age”).
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