キュウ
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
キュ
Used in vocabulary (129 in total)
removal of dissolute sons from the family register (Edo period)
home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home
old type; old style
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.