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古い

古い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2

Alternative forms

  • 故い
  • 旧い

Adjective

古い (-i inflection, hiragana ふるい, romaji furui)

  1. (not of a person) old, aged, antiqued
     (わたし)以前 (いぜん) (ふる)ロールスロイスを ()っていた。
    Watashi wa izen furui rōrusuroisu o motteita.
    I used to own an old Rolls-Royce.
     (わたし) (ふる)ランプを ()った。
    Watashi wa furui ranpu o katta.
    I bought an old lamp.

Antonyms

Inflection

Derived terms

  •  (ふる)革袋 (かわぶくろ) (あたら)しい (さけ) () (furui kawabukuro ni atarashii sake o moru): to put new wine into old wineskins, to put new wine into old bottles
  •  (あたら)しい (さけ) (ふる)革袋 (かわぶくろ) ()れる (atarashii sake wa furui kawabukuro ni ireru): to put new wine into old wineskins, to put new wine into old bottles