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古ふるい
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. old; aged; ancient; antiquated; antique; timeworn
of things, not people
2. long; since long ago; time-honored
3. of the distant past; long-ago
4. stale; threadbare; hackneyed; corny
5. old-fashioned; outmoded; out-of-date
Alt. forms
古ふるい
96%
旧ふるい
1%
故ふるい
Kanji used
古
old
Pitch accent
ふ
る
い
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Used in: 4511
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
old-fashioned (in one's way of thinking)
to put new wine into old wineskins; to put new wine into old bottles
to pour new wine into old wineskins; to give something unorthodox an orthodox presentation
Examples (182 in total)
It's too old.
It's very old.
It's an old piano.
He's my old friend.
I like old things.
This is an old letter.
It's quite an old building.
My desk is old.
That's an old tale.
These shoes are old.
That is an old camera.
Greece is an old country.
This bicycle is old, but it's better than nothing.
His house was small and old.
How old this book is!
I don't want that. It's old.
This is a very old book.
She is ashamed of her old clothes.
Your ideas are a bit outdated.
He is one of my old friends.
They compared it with the old car.
This is an old Japanese movie.
We bought a used train car.
This is my old bicycle.
He disposed of his old house.
I like to learn old languages.
It's no use trying to stick to the old ways.
How old is that church?
That textbook is out of date.
The history of China is older than that of Japan.
I bought an old lamp.
My house is old and ugly.
He wore old shoes.
That brown hat is old.
Old traditions are crumbling away.
That old house is made of wood.
Nara is a very old city.
Replace the old tires with new ones.
The city hall is very old.
The old building was broken down.
The old school building burned down.
An old proverb says that time is money.
He is dressed in an old tweed suit.
Tom has an old cassette deck.
This is a very old photo.
Which is older, this book or that one?
There is an old church in this town.
This old car is always broken.
I watched them destroy the old building.
She turned her old dress into a skirt.
One is new, and the other is old.
This old table is still in use.
This is an old type of American clock.
I watched that old building being torn down.
I don't know how old that bridge is.
Our car is three years older than yours.
He cherishes the old photographs.
My house is old and dilapidated.
I am interested in old cities in the world.
He had the old machine fixed.
Nothing ever happens in this old village.
Fashions grow old and die.
They compared the new car with the old one.
An old wooden box served as table.
There are many old Indian legends.
My hobby is collecting old toys.
This old fish has a strange taste.
The desk that Ken uses is old.
This old house is made of wood.
He still cherishes his old car.
Where did you get those old coins?
This parade descends from an ancient rite.
How old is this temple?
Such an old car was next to useless.
There are many old temples in Kyoto.
The old church by the lake is very beautiful.
An old castle stands on top of the cliff.
There's an old cherry tree in the garden.
There's an old tower in the center of the village.
This old book is quite out of date.
I like my old brass tea pot.
Jay picked up the old scissors.
It's an old expression, so it's hardly ever used in regular day-to-day conversation.
That old house has been neglected for years.
He exchanged his old car for a new one.
I used to have an old Rolls Royce.
There is an old story about a Persian cat.
I'd rather have a newer house than this old one.
I am now in an old castle.
Are you seriously thinking about buying that old car?
He saw something behind a lot of old boxes.
I happened across an old friend in the street.
The old church stands north of the town.
I'll have to make do with the old car for a while.
The town is famous for its old castle.
That old bridge is anything but safe.
I'll buy that old clock no matter how expensive it is.
The new designs are much better than the old ones.
That church on the hill is very old.
The old shrine used to stand there.
We must do away with these old rules.
The old belief is still widely current.
The old house stands on a cliff.
There are many famous historic buildings in Kyoto.
She took off her old shoes and put on the new ones.
There is a very old temple in the town.
My pen is old. I want a new one.
My father drives a very old car.
The house standing on the hill is very old.
They will tear down the old building in two days.
The pencil I lost yesterday was an old one.
There are many famous old buildings in Kyoto.
Fiction is as old as fairy tales and myths.
Tom and Mary both like old movies.
Those old laws were all done away with.
I caught sight of an old acquaintance in the middle of the crowd.
Older carpets are more valuable than newer carpets.
The new hall is double the size of the old one.
The old method proved to be best after all.
If you need a dictionary, I'll lend you an old one that I have.
I found a pot in which there were several old coins.
How did you obtain these old postage stamps?
The taxi I took was very old and small.
His shoes were so old that his toes were sticking out of them.
But I have nothing left. I am just an old stump.
The old Italian oil painting was never exhibited in public.
He hung an old, wooden oar on his wall as a decoration.
In Kyoto, you can see both old and modern buildings.
They didn't want to give up their old ways of living.
He was playing football with an empty can.
Tom used an old postcard as a bookmark.
Many old customs are gradually dying out.
There was an old castle to the east of the town.
My mother told me to throw away this old hat.
There lived a king in an old castle.
The old cottage has a certain charm about it.
This book is older than that one.
This old French table is a very valuable piece of furniture.
That old house is thought to be haunted.
She had a great attachment to that old house.
My bag is too old. I must buy a new one.
These old customs have been handed down from generation to generation.
Compared with the old model, this is far easier to handle.
There were a few large old wooden houses in the town.
The history of glass is extremely long, and begins in the ancient Orient.
I traded in my old car for a new one.
The old proverb still holds good in our modern society.
I saw an old film featuring Charlie Chaplin yesterday.
My daughter has grown out of all her old clothes.
Human beings seem to find it difficult to give up their old habits.
The firm decided to do away with the old machinery.
When I was in New York, I happened to meet my old friend.
My wife told me to throw this old hat away.
He wants to sell his old car to a man in Kobe.
Is there some reason you're saving these old bottles?
The house is very old. It needs repairing before you sell it.
He found an old, broken chair and sat down at the piano.
What you have just said reminds me of an old saying.
This old building isn't worth fixing up. It would be better to tear it down.
Look at this old coin you have here.
I'd retain that old hat if I were you.
There are a lot of old cities in Italy. Rome and Venice, for example.
Seen from a distance, the big rock looks like an old castle.
I found three silver coins in an old wooden box in the attic.
She sat on a bench, humming an old melody in a low voice.
People of this country do not respect their old traditions any longer.
I don't think this old car will make it to the top of the hill.
Old words often take on new meanings because of inventions and technology.
I'll put the old bridge back.
There's an old movie theater in town.
The old house was burned to ashes.
The old clock is still in use.
An old castle stands near the river.
We saw an old hut standing at the margin of the forest.
Tony could see a river and an old bridge.
My hobby is collecting old bottles.
This old book is worth 50,000 yen.
The old church on the hill dates back to the twelfth century.
He offered ten dollars for our old radio.
Tom and Mary built their house near the old oak tree.
That bridge across this river is the oldest in the town.
Some of the oldest Chinese chopsticks date from 1200 B.C.