きゅう – Vocabulary details

きゅう

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

きゅ

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old school; old style

old capital; former capital

old promise; old agreement; old covenant; Old Testament

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.

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