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年老いる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
年老いる
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Reading : としおいる   
to grow old
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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年老いる is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 12,000 (about 58,100,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 26 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
としお
年老
いた
こきょう
故郷
りょうしん
両親
こと
かんが
えて
べき
You must think of your old parents at home.
若い人たち年老いた人たち親切すべき
The young should be kind to the old.
にん
としお
年老
いた
じょせい
女性
わたし
たち
しろ
なか
あんない
案内
してくれた

An old lady guided us through the castle.
としおいる
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 168,000 (about 448,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 26 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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ロウ   old   おいる    ふける to grow old   
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old
さじ spoon   
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