N11754/3019

きゅう

nounnoun (generic)

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Meanings

old friend, old acquaintance

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょ旧知きゅうちなかなので、なんでもはなせる。

She is an old acquaintance, so I can talk to her about anything.

その旧知きゅうち友人ゆうじん偶然ぐうぜん出会であった。

I happened to run into an old friend right there.

かれとは旧知きゅうち間柄あいだがらで、もう二十にじゅうねん以上いじょういになる。

He and I are old acquaintances, and we have known each other for over twenty years.

旧知きゅうち人物じんぶついま業界ぎょうかい第一人者だいいちにんしゃとなっているのは感慨深かんがいぶかい。

It is deeply moving that someone I knew long ago has become the foremost authority in the industry.

式典しきてん席上せきじょうにて旧知きゅうち方々かたがたひさしぶりに言葉ことばわし、往時おうじなつかしくおもこした。

At the ceremony, I exchanged words with old acquaintances for the first time in a long while and fondly recalled the days of old.