Kanji1 / 5
旧 kanji
old times, old things, old friend, former, ex-
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
キュウ
Kun readings
ふるいもと
Variant forms
舊Words with 旧
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —旧情報old information; given information
- —旧帝大former imperial university
- —旧仮名old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); historical kana orthography
- —旧皇族Old Imperial Family; former Imperial family; eleven former houses of the Imperial Family stripped of membership in 1947
- —旧車会classic vehicle club (cars, motorcycles); antique vehicle club; biker group in which members ride customized classic motorcycles
- —旧蔵者former owner (e.g. of a collection)
- —旧名称former name; previous name; old name
- —守旧派conservatives; old guard
- —旧世代older generation; past generation
- —旧民法parts of the civil code relating to kinship and inheritance that were rewritten in 1947; old civil code (drafted by French scholar Gustave Émile Boissonade for Japan, but never implemented)
- —旧唐書Old Book of Tang (10th century history book covering the Tang dynasty)
- —旧態依然remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)
- —旧約聖書Old Testament
- —旧約全書Old Testament
- —名所旧跡places of scenic beauty and historical interest
- —復旧作業repair work; restoration work
- —旧套墨守clinging to old customs; adhering to old traditions
- —新旧交代replacing the old with the new; the old giving way to the new
- —旧幕時代the shogunate period; the days of the shogunate regime
- —旧弊打破breaking down antiquated notions; abandoning old-time ways; correcting long-standing abuses