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
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Used in vocabulary (135 in total)
old school; old style
old capital; former capital
old promise; old agreement; old covenant; Old Testament
old work; existing work
the old year; last year
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
old building; older building
new and old; incoming and outgoing
old model; old type; old style
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
old retainer
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)
(Roman) Catholicism
former lord
old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded
former Soviet Union
past misdeeds; old crimes
old system; old order; pre-World War II education system; prewar education system
old friendship
old state of affairs
former name; maiden name
past events; bygones
Paleolithic; Palaeolithic; Old Stone Age
former (feudal) domain; former fief
old edition
old edition
old car; classic car; old motorcycle; classic motorcycle
old enemy
historic spot; historic site; place of historical interest; historic remains; ruins
(Roman) Catholic
one's former teacher; one's old teacher
former army; Imperial Japanese Army
former residence
former constitution (i.e. in Japan, the Meiji Constitution)
old character form; kyūjitai; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946
lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
old chronicle; old record
former feudal lord
former imperial university
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)
old work; old book; previously published book
old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); historical kana orthography
old town; former town
old system; old order
former colony; ex-colony
old theory; ancient ideas
paleoanthropic man (e.g. Neanderthal)
old friendship; old sentiments; old feelings
removal of dissolute sons from the family register (Edo period)
old law; old method
old character form; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946
former property; former territory
old name; former title
old custom; tradition
Bon Festival of the lunar calendar
former residence
old manuscript
old-fashioned idea
ancient times
last December; end of last year
worn-out clothes
old information; given information
old acquaintance
place names used during the ritsuryō period
former state; former appearance
Old and New Testaments
having owned (something) for a long time; being in one's possession for a long time; former ownership; previously belonging to one
old translation; pre-Xuanzang Chinese translation (esp. 5th-mid 7th century)
old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); historical kana orthography
old bowl (platter); old (musical) recording
old-style kanji
old friendship
old friend
old customs
old things; ancient things
redoubled; increased
archicortex; archipallium
ancient clan
old bank note; former bank note
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)
hometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home
traditional ceremony
old village
former wife
old poem
UN Charter clauses concerning former enemy states; former enemy state clauses
former manufacture; former make
former property or territory
former imperial university
Palaeolithic culture; Paleolithic culture
Old Imperial Family; former Imperial family; eleven former houses of the Imperial Family stripped of membership in 1947
former lord
former reading (of kanji, classical Chinese, etc.); ancient teachings
former name; previous name; old name
previously released music; previous release; old release
ancient poems; ancient songs
old shares; old stock; previously issued shares
back number; old edition
former government official
old-structure form
antiquity; old acquaintance
old name; back number
former wife
ancient laws
Old and New Testaments
old customs
tradition; classic
end of last year
old school; old style; conservative people
former husband
old current; old style
former Soviet bloc
Paleotropical (region)
older generation; past generation
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.