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年を取る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
年をとる
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Reading : としをとる   
expression, 'ru' godan verb
to grow old; to age
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• Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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年をとる is the most useful form. 4 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 145,000 (about 596,000 results)
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Example sentences:
とし
年
をとる
ととりかえしのつかないものの
かず
数
が
ふ
増
えてくる
んだ。
As you get older, the number of things you can't take back keeps increasing.
とし
年
をとる
ほど、ますます
こていかんねん
固定観念
に
とら
捉
われる
ものです。
The older you grow, the more you tend to adhere to fixed ideas.
でもそれは
けっきょく
結局
、
わたし
私
が
とし
年
をとりつつある
というだけのことなのかもしれない。
However, in the end that is probably just because I'm gradually getting older.
歳を取る
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Reading : としをとる   
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• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 42,000 (about 12,400,000 results)
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歳をとる
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Reading : としをとる   
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 75,000 (about 3,960,000 results)
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としをとる
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年を取る
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Reading : としをとる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 136,000 (about 708,000 results)
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年
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヰ
wheel around
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歳
サイ   セイ    X years old, year-end   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
戌
いぬ dog; sign of the dog   
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戊
number 5, 5th   
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戈
tasseled spear
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
取
シュ   とる to take   
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耳
ジ   みみ ear   
又
また again   
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