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Definition and Synonyms for 古い
| 1. | 古 | 経過した時間 |
| Past | the time that has elapsed | |
| Synonyms: | 古, 古, 古い, 往代, 往年, 往日, 往昔, 往時, 往者, 従前, 従来, 既往, 旧時, 昔, 昔年, 昔時, 来し方, 過去, 過ぎ来し方 | |
| 2. | 古く | 古くは、古代に |
| Anciently | in ancient times | |
| Synonyms: | 古い, 古く, 大昔 | |
| 3. | 古 | 過去から生き延びているもの |
| Antiquity | an artifact surviving from the past | |
| Synonyms: | 上世, 前世, 前世, 古, 古, 古い, 古雅, 旧故 | |
| 4. | 旧い | 時間または順序で何かに先んじる |
| Previous | just preceding something else in time or order | |
| Synonyms: | 古い | |
| 5. | 古い | 古い |
| Out-Of-Date | old | |
| Synonyms: | 古い | |
| 6. | プリミチブ | ほとんど進化されなかったか、初期の先祖のタイプに特有である |
| Primitive | little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type | |
| Synonyms: | アルカイック, プリミティブ, 原始的, 古い, 古風, 大時代 | |
| 7. | 古い | 長年の経験によって熟練した |
| Older | skilled through long experience | |
| Synonyms: | 古い, 老練 | |
| 8. | 古臭い | 新しさや嗜好性を欠いた、または年齢による劣化を示す |
| Stale | lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age | |
| Synonyms: | 古い, 古臭い | |
| 9. | 旧い | 長期の |
| Old | of long duration | |
| Synonyms: | 古い | |
| 10. | 古い | 昔に属していると思えるほどにとても古い |
| Antediluvian | so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | |
| Synonyms: | 古い | |
| 11. | 旧い | 大昔に属すさま |
| Other | belonging to the distant past | |
| Synonyms: | 古い | |
| 12. | 古い | 毛が磨り減って糸が出ている |
| Threadbare | having the nap worn away so that the threads show through | |
| Synonyms: | 古い | |
| 13. | 古い | もはや有効でないかファッショナブルでない |
| Out-Of-Date | no longer valid or fashionable | |
| Synonyms: | 古い | |
| 14. | 旧い | 新しくない |
| Old | not new | |
| Synonyms: | 古い | |
| 15. | 古く | ずっと前 |
| Anciently | long ago | |
| Synonyms: | 古い, 古く, 大昔 |
Meanings for each kanji in 古い
| » | 古 | old |
Categories 古い is a member of
| 1. | アーチファクト | 全体と見なされる人工の物体 |
| Artefact | a man-made object taken as a whole | |
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| 2. | 時 | 物事がその中で未来から現在を通り過去へと流れる、経験の連続体 |
| Time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past | |
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Conjugations for 古い
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Sample Sentences for 古い
この古いスーツはもうほとんど使いものにならない。新しいのを買わなきゃならないだろう。
This old suit is just about done for; I shall have to get a new one.
その古い家には一つしかベッドがなかった。そこでわれわれはかわるがわるそこに眠った。
The old cottage had only one bed, so we all took turns sleeping in it.
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