| 翁 | meaning | 'venerable old man' |
| onyomi | オウ | |
| kunyomi |
| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| 不倒翁 | おきあがりこぼし | tumbler, self-righting toy |
| 人間万事塞翁が馬 | じんかんばんじさいおうがうま | inscrutable are the ways of heaven, fortune is unpredictable and changeable |
| 信天翁 | あほうどり, しんてんおう, アホウドリ | albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus) |
| 村翁 | そんおう | village elder |
| 玄翁 | げんのう | bushhammer |
| 白頭翁 | はくとうおう | windflower, white-haired old man |
| 翁 | おう, おきな | old man, venerable |
| 翁の面 | おきなのめん | old man's mask |
| 翁貝 | おきながい | lantern shell |
| 老翁 | ろうおう | old man |
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