きゅう
Meanings
Noun
1. 古いものごと。
2. 昔のこと。
Pitch accent
きゅ
Used in vocabulary (129 in total)
old school; old style
① 出版物、ソフトウェアなどで、新たな版が出る前の旧い版のこと。
historic spot; historic remains; ruins
old capital; former capital
old promise; old agreement; old covenant; Old Testament
last December; end of last year
old type; old style
① 暦法が変更された場合における、古い方の暦法。② グレゴリオ暦以外の暦法。
old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded
old law; old method
old work; existing work
former feudal lord
① 新年の挨拶などで「去年」を指す語。
home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home
the old town
① 古くからの知り合い。
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
① 結婚や養子縁組などにより改姓を行う以前の姓。
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
old style; old type
① 旧い館。特に、新館と対比して古い方の館。
new and old; incoming and outgoing
old retainer
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)
(Roman) Catholicism
former lord
former Soviet Union
① 古い制度。
old friendship
old state of affairs
past misdeeds; old crimes
① 以前の名称。
past events; bygones
① 出版物、ソフトウェアなどで、新たな版が出る前の旧い版のこと。
Paleolithic; Palaeolithic; Old Stone Age
former clan; former fief
old enemy
old car; classic car; old motorcycle; classic motorcycle
(Roman) Catholic
one's former teacher; one's old teacher
former army; Imperial Japanese Army
① 複数の字体を持つ文字のうち、古くから用いられていたもの。② 特に、日本で用いる漢字について、当用漢字において用いられている字体(新字体、1949年内閣告示)以前に公文書等で用いられていた別の字体。また、常用漢字の告示(1981年、2010年改定)によって新たに正式になった新字体(『灯』、『亀』など)に対する古い字体(『燈』・『龜』)など)についてもいう。これらの字体はおおよそ康熙字典体に一致する。③ 当用漢字の制定以前に伝統的に使われていた字体を用いた用字法。「いわゆる康熙字典体」とも。
former residence
former constitution (of Japan); Constitution of the Empire of Japan; Meiji Constitution
old chronicle; old record
former imperial university
lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
old favors; old favours
old relationship; old acquaintance
classical drama (kabuki, noh, etc.); play of the old school; period drama (film)
old work; old book; previously published book
old version; previous version
old system; old order
old town; former town
old theory; ancient ideas
old friendship; old sentiments; old feelings
old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); historical kana orthography
paleoanthropic man (e.g. Neanderthal)
removal of dissolute sons from the family register (Edo period)
old translation; pre-Xuanzang Chinese translation (esp. 5th-mid 7th century)
old character form; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946
former property; former territory
old custom; tradition
① 古い知人。久しい馴染み。
Bon Festival of the lunar calendar
old manuscript
old-fashioned idea
ancient times
worn-out clothes
former residence
① 以前の名称。
old information; given information
former state; former appearance
Old and New Testaments
one's old possessions
place names used during the Ritsuryo period
old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); historical kana orthography
old bowl (platter); old (musical) recording
old-style kanji
old friendship
① 古くからの知り合い。
old customs
old things; ancient things
archicortex; archipallium
ancient clan
old bank note; former bank note
redoubled; increased
traditional ceremony
former wife
old poem
former manufacture; former make
old village
former property or territory
former imperial university
Palaeolithic culture; Paleolithic culture
former lord
former reading (of kanji, classical Chinese, etc.); ancient teachings
former name; previous name; old name
ancient poems; ancient songs
old stock (in a firm)
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
old current; old style
former Soviet bloc
Paleotropical (region)
Old Imperial Family; former Imperial family; eleven former houses of the Imperial Family stripped of membership in 1947
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.