元老

Reading

Kana: げんろう

Romaji: genrou

Definitions

noun

1

elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; authority

2

Genro (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)

Kanji

元

Readings: ゲン、 ガン、 もと

Meanings: beginning, former time, origin

老

Readings: ロウ、 お.いる、 ふ.ける

Meanings: old man, old age, grow old