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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
- —下稽古rehearsal; run-through; practice
- —擬古文classical style
- —古参者senior; old timer
- —古事記Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
- —古写本old manuscript; codex
- —古社寺old shrines and temples
- —古生物extinct plants and animals
- —古戦場ancient battlefield
- —古銭学numismatics
- —古代語ancient Japanese (as spoken in Japan until the Middle Ages)
- —古代史ancient history
- —古代人the ancients; ancient people
- —古典学classics; classical studies
- —古典語classical or dead languages
- —古典派classical school
- —古伝説old tradition
- —古渡りold imported article (esp. a precious item imported during or before the Muromachi period)
- —古版本old woodblock-printed book from the Muromachi period or earlier
- —古筆家expert in old writing
- —古武道ancient Japanese martial arts