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古 : Old

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On 'yomi:
(ko)
Kun 'yomi:
ふる.い(furu.i) ふる-(furū) -ふる.す(furu.su)
Nanori:
ふゆ(fuyu)
Strokes:5
Radical: (30)
Usage Rating:509
JLPT:N4
old JLPT:4
Grade:2
Unicode:053e4
jis208:24-37
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古 Usage examples

(こうこ)love of antiquities
立ち稽(たちげいこ)
立稽(たちげいこ)
rehearsal
言い(いいふるす)
(いいふるす)
to say repeatedly, to say proverbially
より(おうこより)from times immemorial, from ancient times
(こうこ)for ever, from ancient times
事記伝(こじきでん)Commentary on the Kojiki (by Motoori Norinaga, 1798)
生界(こせいかい)Paleozoic group
代裂れ(こだいぎれ)ancient cloth fragment
(けいこば)training room (hall), gymnasium
書市(こしょいち)secondhand book fair
書展(こしょてん)exhibition of rare (old, antiquarian) books
墳時代(こふんじだい)Kofun period (of Japanese history, 250-538 CE), Tumulus period
代オリンピック(こだいオリンピック)ancient Olympics
(きふるし)old clothes, cast-off clothes
き良き時代(ふるきよきじだい)the good old days, halcyon days
き良き日々(ふるきよきにちにち)
きよき日々(ふるきよきにちにち)
the good old days, halcyon days
屋場所(なごやばしょ)Nagoya (July) tournament
横綱稽(よこづなけいこ)practice session where grand champion is present
山稽(やまげいこ)outdoor practice
三番稽(さんばんげいこ)a row of training matches with the same opponent
場経費(けいこばけいひ)allowance paid by the Sumo Association to a coach for each wrestler in his stable
ぶつかり稽(ぶつかりげいこ)
打つかり稽(ぶつかりげいこ)
head-to-head training, drill consisting of pushing and being pushed, battering practice
申し合い稽(もうしあいげいこ)training matches where the winner picks his next opponent
趣味(かいこしゅみ)nostalgia for the good old days, retro-culture
今独歩(ここんどっぽ)unsurpassed in history
今無双(ここんむそう)unparalleled in history
不易(せんこふえき)eternally unchanging
不滅(せんこふめつ)everlasting, unchangeable, immortal
不易(ばんこふえき)eternally unchanging
一人稽(ひとりげいこ)
独り稽(ひとりげいこ)
practicing by oneself, self-instruction
武士然(こぶしぜん)having something of the old-time samurai about one
七十(しちじゅうこき)Men seldom live to be seventy (Du Fu (c.712-c.770)), Few people live to be seventy
以来(じょうこいらい)from (since) ancient times, from time immemorial
(せんこばんこ)remote antiquity, ancient times, the remote past
不磨(せんこふま)permanence, immortality, eternity
東西(とうざいここん)all times and places, everywhen and everywhere
名所(めいしょこせき)scenic sites and historic places, places of natural beauty and historic interest
鳥が鳴く(かんこどりがなく)to be in a slump (of a business), (business is) slow
着屋(ふるぎや)somebody who sells second hand clothes
式ゆかしい(こしきゆかしい)
式床しい(こしきゆかしい)
traditional
(もうこしょう)mongolism
細菌(こさいきん)archaea, archaebacteria
(ふるのり)aged paste, microbially fermented weak adhesive for restoration of Japanese works of art on paper
賀派(こがは)Koga Faction (of the LDP)
(しんこ)old and new (thing), old, but unused
(こそう)layers of history
書店(こしょてん)antiquarian bookshop, store for rare and old books