年を取って

getting older

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getting older The て-form of 年を取る, meaning “to get older”; it links to what follows or appears in expressions like 年を取っても (“even as one gets older”).
JA: 年を取っても、新しいことを学べます。
EN: Even as you get older, you can learn new things.

祖父は年を取ってきたので引退した。

My grandfather retired because he was getting old.

年を取って彼女は記憶力が衰えた。

As she got older, her memory deteriorated.

彼は年を取ってきたが相変わらず健康だ。

He's getting older, but he's still as healthy as ever.

どんなに年を取っても学問ができないことはない。

No matter how old you are, it’s never too late to learn.

彼も年を取ってきた。

He's getting older too.

いくら年を取ってもまだ卓球をやる元気はある。

No matter how old I get, I still have the energy to play table tennis.

彼は年を取って昔の名声を失ってしまった。

He has grown old and lost his former fame.