きゅう – Vocabulary details

きゅう

Meanings

Prefix

1. old; former; ex-

旧きゅう校こう舎しゃを出でるとしよう。Let's leave the old school building.

Noun

2. the old; old things; old customs

3. old times; bygone days

Noun

Prefix

Abbreviation

4. Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar

Alt. forms

旧きゅう

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きゅう

Pitch accent

きゅ

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Used in vocabulary (135 in total)

きゅうは

old school; old style

きゅうと

old capital; former capital

きゅうやく

old promise; old agreement; old covenant; Old Testament

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Examples (8 in total)

きゅう王おう国こくの方ほうに行いきたかったな。

I wanted to go to the former kingdom.

手て前まえが新しん校こう舎しゃで奥おくがきゅう校こう舎しゃ。

The new school building is in the foreground, and the old school building is in the background.

新しんトンネルはきゅうトンネルの２に倍ばいの長ながさだ。

The new tunnel is twice as long as the old one.

きゅう文ぶん明めい時じ代だいにしばしば採さい用ようされた戦せん術じゅつだ。

It is a tactic that was often adopted in the era of the old civilization.

この車くるまはきゅうモデルの発はっ展てん形けいだ。

This car is an evolved form of the old model.

それから二ふた人りで新しん校こう舎しゃときゅう校こう舎しゃの間あいだの中なか庭にわに移い動どうする。

Then the two of us move to the courtyard between the new school building and the old one.

ちょっとした林はやしを抜ぬけた向むこう側がわに木もく造ぞうのきゅう校こう舎しゃがある。

Beyond the small grove of trees, there is an old wooden school building.

きゅうシステム用ように書かかれたソフトとの上じょう位い互ご換かん性せいを保たもつのは大たい切せつです。

It is important to maintain backward compatibility with software that was written to run on the former system.

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Meanings

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

Used in vocabulary (135 in total)

Examples (8 in total)