きゅう
Meanings
Prefix
1. old; former; ex-
Noun
2. the old; old things; old customs
3. old times; bygone days
Noun
Prefix
Abbreviation
4. Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
Pitch accent
きゅ
Used in vocabulary (129 in total)
old school; old style
old edition
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
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded
old law; old method
old work; existing work
former feudal lord
the old year; last year
home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home
the old town
old friend; old acquaintance
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
one's original family name; maiden name
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
old style; old type
old building; older building
new and old; incoming and outgoing
old retainer
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)
(Roman) Catholicism
former lord
former Soviet Union
old system; old order
old friendship
old state of affairs
past misdeeds; old crimes
former name; maiden name
past events; bygones
old edition
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
old character form; kyūjitai; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946
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
old acquaintance
Bon Festival of the lunar calendar
old manuscript
old-fashioned idea
ancient times
worn-out clothes
former residence
old name; former title
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
old friend
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.