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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
- —申し合い稽古training matches where the winner picks his next opponent
- —閑古鳥が鳴くto be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)
- —古式ゆかしいtraditional
- —古生物地理学palaeobiogeography; paleobiogeography
- —古代ギリシャancient Greece
- —場当たり稽古dress rehearsal
- —河童の寒稽古something that looks difficult but actually isn't; swimming in a cold lake during mid-winter seems difficult, but it's nothing to a kappa
- —名古屋飛ばしignoring or skipping over of Nagoya (by trains, music tours, events, etc.)
- —内蒙古自治区Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (China)
- —古典ラテン語classical Latin
- —打ち込み稽古training performed by an attacker and a defender, involving intentional openings
- —相懸かり稽古mutual attack training
- —稽古をつけるto give lessons; to teach; to instruct; to guide
- —古典仮名遣いhistorical kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); old kana orthography
- —宮古短期大学Miyako Junior College
- —宮古養護学校Miyako Special Needs School (older name style)
- —考古学研究所Institute of Archaeology
- —古典的条件づけclassical conditioning
- —古代エジプト語Ancient Egyptian (language)
- —古典的自由主義classical liberalism