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古 kanji
old
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
コ
Kun readings
ふるいふる--ふるす
Words with 古
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —新古車as-new car (for sale); pre-registered car; ex-demo car; demonstrator car
- —中古音Middle Chinese
- —形稽古form refinement training
- —地稽古training by two participants of the same skill level (kendo); general training involving all six types (kendo)
- —古墳人Kofun people; people of the Kofun period
- —上古音Old Chinese phonology
- —近古音Early Modern Chinese
- —新古本remaindered book; discounted new book
- —古王国old kingdom; ancient kingdom
- —内蒙古Inner Mongolia (China)
- —中古本used book; secondhand book
- —古古米rice remaining from the harvest two years ago; old rice
- —古史徴References to Ancient History (by Hirata Atsutane, 1818)
- —古史伝Commentary on Ancient History (by Hirata Atsutane, 1825)
- —猛稽古strenuous training; intense training
- —古顎類paleognaths (birds of the infraclass Paleognathae); palaeognaths
- —古往今来in all ages; since antiquity
- —古今東西all times and places; all ages and countries
- —古今無類best ever
- —古色蒼然antique-looking; looking hoary with patina