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：2025/12/21
棄老
Hiragana
きろう
Noun
Japanese Meaning
高齢者を山中や人里離れた場所に捨て去ること。姥捨て。 / 年老いた者を社会的・制度的に切り捨て、保護や扶養の対象としないことのたとえ。
Easy Japanese Meaning
山や人がいないところに年をとった人をすてて、そのままにすること
Chinese (Simplified)
把老人遗弃在山野的行为 / 弃置年迈亲属的习俗或做法 / 抛弃老人于荒郊野外
Sense（1）
abandoning elderly people in mountains or wilderness
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abandoning elderly people in mountains or wilderness
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棄老
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He was deeply thinking about the issue of elder abandonment.
He was deeply thinking about the issue of elder abandonment.
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彼は棄老の問題について深く考えていました。
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