Elderの例文や意味・使い方に関するQ&A

A: It just means to “engage/interact” with her “elders”

A: The elders have done something that you think is beyond the limit of what they are allowed to do.

As to what exactly is the limit that they crossed, you have to read from context/situation of the conversation.

A: Do you mean "two OF the elders?"

A: @HDGD
1) My elder sister is two years older than me.

My cousin is older than me so he is the elder cousin.

2)The elders in the community were very wise.

3)My grandmother is elderly, so she’s older than most adults.

The nursing home is where some elderly people live.

4) singular: the amount of food was scarce. the food was scarce.

plural: the foods were scarce.

the amounts of food were scarce.

5) There was scarcely any money.

She could scarcely speak.

A: Hello ! 😊 This was an interesting read! I have made some changes, line by line, below:

It might be difficult for elders to accommodate their way of thinking, but the situation surrounding them is definitely different from the previous one, in which older people grew up and Japan was increasingly becoming better off and filling with huge hope in the entire society.
---> It might be difficult for elders to accommodate their way of thinking, but the situation surrounding them now is definitely different from the previous one in which older people grew up when Japan was increasingly becoming better off and all of society was filled with huge hope.

I think young people place emphasis on “cost performance” and “time performance” is their strategy that can make them survive in this unstable age without a net. We should take into account these factors and treat them accordingly.
----> I think young people place emphasis on “cost performance” and “time performance,” and these two measures have become their strategy to help them survive in this unstable age without a net. We should take into account these factors and treat them accordingly.

^^^ Please let me know if you have any questions about these changes! I hope you don't mind, but below, I rewrote the two sentences in a way I think I would write them. You don't have to use these, but hopefully they are also helpful in some way!

It might be difficult for elders to accommodate their way of thinking, but the current times surrounding them are definitely different from what they previously knew - a time in which older people grew up in a Japan that was developing rapidly and, by consequence, the way of life improved dramatically. It was a time when society was full of hope for the future.

I think young people place emphasis on both “cost performance” and “time performance,” and these two measures have become their strategy to help them survive in this unstable age without a net. It is my opinion that we should take into account these factors and treat them accordingly.

^^ I hope the above is helpful! 😊 Your English is amazing - well done!

A: × More and more elder people are using social media, which is just astounding to me.
✓ More and more of the elderly are using social media, which is just astounding to me.

Or ‘older people’ instead of ‘elder people’

A: × He was suspected falsely of stealing a brother's wallet.
✓ He was falsely suspected of stealing a brother's wallet.

× He was really innocent, but no one believed him.
✓ He really was innocent, but no one had believed him.

× When they got older, one of his brother revealed that the wallet wasn't stolen but he lost it.
✓ When they got older, one of his brothers revealed that the wallet wasn't stolen, but that he had lost it.

× He asked him forgiveness.
✓ He asked him forgiveness,

× The younger brother was generously forgave him.
✓ and the younger brother generously forgave him.

A: Aww No problem😊 happy to help! Take care, and all the best in your english studies!

A: yes sounds pretty natural