The previous generation, or the generation of old people.

A bound noun used to indicate a person's age in a 10-year period.

A bound noun indicating one's standing in the chronological order of generations in a family or successors to a position.

A bound noun that serves as a unit for counting the number of generations that continue in a family or race.

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posterity; next generation; life to come; future life; life after death

The world that comes next, or the people of the next generation.

In Buddhism, the world which one is reborn to, after death.

A generation with a strong character that easily accepts new kinds of culture.