きゅう
Meanings
Prefix
1. old; former; ex-
Noun
2. the old; old things; old customs
3. old times; bygone days
Noun
Prefix
Abbreviation
4. Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
Pitch accent
きゅ
う
Used in vocabulary (135 in total)
old school; old style
old capital; former capital
old promise; old agreement; old covenant; Old Testament
Examples (3 in total)
The former President's death was announced.
The new tunnel is twice as long as the old one.
It is important to maintain backward compatibility with software that was written to run on the former system.