しょろう
Shorou
初老 (Shorou) is a Japanese adjectival noun meaning “past middle age, nearing old age, near-elderly, age 40”.
Meanings
- adjectival noun, nounpast middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly
- nounage 40orig. meaning
Examples
彼は初老だが若く見える。
Although he is elderly, he looks young.
私はすでにいわゆる初老だ。
I am already what you call elderly.
「夫は２年前に亡くなりました」と初老の女性は言った。
"My husband passed on two years ago," an elderly lady said.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).