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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
- —往古よりfrom times immemorial; from ancient times
- —古代裂れancient cloth fragment
- —古墳時代Kofun period (of Japanese history, 250-538 CE); Tumulus period
- —横綱稽古practice session where grand champion is present
- —三番稽古a row of training matches with the same opponent
- —懐古趣味nostalgia for the good old days; taste for the past; retro tastes
- —古今独歩unmatched in history; unequaled in history
- —古今無双unparalleled in history
- —千古不易eternally unchanging
- —千古不滅everlasting; unchangeable; immortal
- —万古不易eternally unchanging
- —一人稽古practicing by oneself; self-instruction
- —七十古希men seldom live to be seventy; few people live to be seventy
- —千古万古remote antiquity; ancient times; the remote past
- —千古不磨permanence; immortality; eternity
- —東西古今all times and places; everywhen and everywhere
- —名所古跡scenic sites and historic places; places of natural beauty and historic interest
- —名古屋帯common variety of women's kimono sash
- —推古時代Suiko period (i.e. the Asuka period, esp. under the reign of Empress Suiko, approx. 592-628 CE)
- —復古神道Fukko Shinto; Restoration Shinto; Reform Shinto (prominent 18th century form of Shinto, based on the classics, and free from Confucian and Buddhist influences)