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老いる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
老いる
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Reading : おいる   
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to age; to grow old
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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老いる is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 120,000 (about 1,070,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 38 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:
こうして
ひと
いていく
おとろ
えていく
からだ
じょうず
上手
つきあい
かた
title of book, album etc.
This Is How People Age: How You Can Get Along Well with Your Weakening Body
かれ
じぶん
自分
いていく
かん
じた

He felt himself growing old.
かのじょ
彼女
いた
はは
せわ
世話
した
She looked after her old mother.
おいる
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 203,000 (about 217,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 38 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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ロウ   old   おいる    ふける to grow old   
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old
さじ spoon   
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