Vocabulary

What does 老ける (ふける, fukeru) mean?

老ける (ふける, fukeru) means to age, to look old.

Quick facts
Readingふける
Romajifukeru
Part of speechichidan verb, intransitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
ふける
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonfukeru

to age, to look old

  1. 1ichidan verb · intransitive to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

Example sentences

  • He looks older than his age.

  • Recently I feel like I've suddenly aged.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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