No. 756 in Japanese
高齢
"High age" or "elderly."
In a sentence
高齢化社会が進む中で、多くの人々が新しい問題に直面しています。
As aging societies progress, many people face new challenges.
Here, '高齢' is part of the compound '高齢化社会' (aging society), referring to societies where a significant portion of the population is of advanced age.
彼女は高齢にもかかわらず、毎日ジョギングを欠かしません。
Despite being elderly, she never misses her daily jogging.
'高齢' is used directly to describe someone's advanced age, emphasizing her active lifestyle despite her age.
会社は、高齢の従業員のための新しい研修プログラムを導入しました。
The company introduced a new training program for elderly employees.
In this sentence, '高齢' is used as an adjective to describe the employees as being of older age.
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