旧きゅう
Meanings
Prefix
1. old; former; ex-
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
Kanji used
old times
Pitch accent
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Top 4600
Used in vocabulary (141 in total)
old type; old style
old town; old part of a city
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)
old friend; old acquaintance
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
one's original family name; maiden name
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
new and old; incoming and outgoing
old model; old type; old style
old building; older building
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
old capital; former capital
old school; old style
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)
(Roman) Catholicism
old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded
old promise; old agreement; old covenant; Old Testament
former Soviet Union
old friendship
old state of affairs
past misdeeds; old crimes
old system; old order; pre-World War II education system; prewar education system
old work; existing work
old town; former town
former name; maiden name
past events; bygones
Paleolithic; Palaeolithic; Old Stone Age
former (feudal) domain; former fief
old car; classic car; old motorcycle; classic motorcycle
one's former teacher; one's old teacher
former army; Imperial Japanese Army
former residence
historic spot; historic site; place of historical interest; historic remains; ruins
old character form; kyūjitai; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946
former constitution (i.e. in Japan, the Meiji Constitution)
former imperial university
lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
old chronicle; old record
old version; previous version
old favors; old favours
old relationship; old acquaintance
traditional Japanese theater (kabuki, noh, etc.); classical drama; play of the old school; period drama (film)
the old year; last year
old work; old book; previously published book
old system; old order
old friendship; old sentiments; old feelings
old character form; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946
old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); historical kana orthography
paleoanthropic man (e.g. Neanderthal)
old theory; ancient ideas
old law; old method
former property; former territory
old custom; tradition
old name; former title
Bon Festival of the lunar calendar
old-fashioned idea
ancient times
former residence
old manuscript
last December; end of last year
old information; given information
worn-out clothes
old acquaintance
place names used during the ritsuryō period
old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); historical kana orthography
old translation; pre-Xuanzang Chinese translation (esp. 5th-mid 7th century)
former state; former appearance
having owned (something) for a long time; being in one's possession for a long time; former ownership; previously belonging to one
old bowl (platter); old (musical) recording
old things; ancient things
parts of the civil code relating to kinship and inheritance that were rewritten in 1947; old civil code (drafted by French scholar Gustave Émile Boissonade for Japan, but never implemented)
archicortex; archipallium
redoubled; increased
old bank note; former bank note
old friendship
old friendship
old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); historical kana orthography
hometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home
UN Charter clauses concerning former enemy states; former enemy state clauses
traditional ceremony
former wife
old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded
old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); historical kana orthography
Palaeolithic culture; Paleolithic culture
former name; previous name; old name
Old Imperial Family; former Imperial family; eleven former houses of the Imperial Family stripped of membership in 1947
former property or territory
former manufacture; former make
former reading (of kanji, classical Chinese, etc.); ancient teachings
previously released music; previous release; old release
old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); historical kana orthography
removal of dissolute sons from the family register (Edo period)
old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); historical kana orthography
older generation; past generation
former husband
old current; old style
former government official
antiquity; old acquaintance
old school; old style; conservative people
old name; back number
ancient poems; ancient songs
tradition; classic
old shares; old stock; previously issued shares
back number; old edition
Examples (8 in total)
I wanted to go to the former kingdom.
The new school building is in the foreground, and the old school building is in the background.
The new tunnel is twice as long as the old one.