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[ふる()·]
furui
i adjective

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[ふる()·]
furui
[ふる()·]
furui

English Meaning(s) for 古い

i adjective
  1. old; aged; ancient; antiquated; antique; timeworn (of things, not people)
  2. long; since long ago; time-honored
  3. of the distant past; long-ago
  4. stale; threadbare; hackneyed; corny
  5. old-fashioned; outmoded; out-of-date

Definition and Synonyms for 古い

Past the time that has elapsed
Synonyms: , , 古い, 往代, 往年, 往日, 往昔, 往時, 往者, 従前, 従来, 既往, 旧時, , 昔年, 昔時, 来し方, 過去, 過ぎ来し方
Anciently in ancient times
Synonyms: 古い, 古く, 大昔
Antiquity an artifact surviving from the past
Synonyms: 上世, 前世, 前世, , , 古い, 古雅, 旧故
Previous just preceding something else in time or order
Synonyms: 古い
Out-Of-Date old
Synonyms: 古い
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
Older skilled through long experience
Synonyms: 古い, 老練
Stale lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
Synonyms: 古い, 古臭い
Old of long duration
Synonyms: 古い
Antediluvian so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
Synonyms: 古い
Other belonging to the distant past
Synonyms: 古い
Threadbare having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
Synonyms: 古い
Out-Of-Date no longer valid or fashionable
Synonyms: 古い
Old not new
Synonyms: 古い
Anciently long ago
Synonyms: 古い, 古く, 大昔

Meanings for each kanji in 古い

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Categories 古い is a member of

Artefact a man-made object taken as a whole
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Time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 古い

Conjugations for 古い

Adjective stem
[ふる()]
furu
te-form
[ふる()··]
furukute
Negative te-form
[ふる()····]
furukunakute
Adverbial Form
[ふる()·]
furuku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[ふる()·]
furui
Present Indicative Negative Form
[ふる()···]
furukunai
Past Indicative Form
[ふる()···]
furukatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[ふる()·····]
furukunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
[ふる()···]
furukereba
Present Indicative Negative Form
[ふる()·····]
furukunakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
[ふる()····]
furukunakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
[ふる()····]
furukattara
Present Indicative Negative Form
[ふる()······]
furukunakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
[ふる()·]
furusa

Sample Sentences for 古い

He has a new car and an old car.
There lived a king in an old castle.
The old cottage had only one bed, so we all took turns sleeping in it.
He still cherishes his old car.
He cast an eye on an old vase on the table.

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