キュウ – Vocabulary details

キュウ

Prefix

1. old; former; ex-

旧きゅう校こう舎しゃを出でるとしよう。Let's leave the old school building.

Noun

2. the old; old things; old customs

3. old times; bygone days

Noun

Prefix

Abbreviation

4. Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar

キュ

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removal of dissolute sons from the family register (Edo period)

old type; old style

old town; old part of a city

きゅうキュウ王おう国こくの方ほうに行いきたかったな。

I wanted to go to the former kingdom.

手て前まえが新しん校こう舎しゃで奥おくがきゅうキュウ校こう舎しゃ。

The new school building is in the foreground, and the old school building is in the background.

新しんトンネルはきゅうキュウトンネルの２に倍ばいの長ながさだ。

The new tunnel is twice as long as the old one.

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