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
Kanji used
old times
Pitch accent
きゅ
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Used in vocabulary (134 in total)
old type; old style
old friend; old acquaintance
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.