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旧きゅうFreq #4535
1

Prefix

old; former; ex-

Examples
官僚は旧法規の改正に関して、成り行きを見守っています。
Bureaucrats are testing the waters over revising old regulations.
2

Common noun

the old; old things; old customs

3

Common noun

old times; bygone days

4

Abbreviation; Common noun; Prefix

Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar

元旧故もとFreq #377
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Noun, used as a prefix

former; ex-; past; one-time

Examples
うちのかみさんは元プロレスラーで、だからもし私が浮気をしているところを見つかりでもしようものなら、それこそコテンパンにやられてしまうよ。
My wife used to be a pro-wrestler, so if she ever catches me two-timing her, I'd be beaten to a pulp.
2

Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

earlier times; the past; previous state

3

Common noun; Adverb (fukushi)

formerly; previously; originally; before

古ふる故旧Freq #20501
1

Common noun

used item; secondhand item

2

Noun, used as a prefix

old; used; previous

Examples
森のはずれに古小屋が立っているのが見えた。
We saw an old hut standing at the margin of the forest.
旧式きゅうしき～な Adj.～の Adj.Freq #19942
1

old type; old style

Examples
この機械は旧式になってしまった。
This machine has gone out of date.
旧友きゅうゆうNounFreq #21624
1

old friend; old pal

Examples
私は、偶然旧友に会った。
I met an old friend by chance.
旧知きゅうちNounFreq #22267
1

old friend; old acquaintance

旧姓きゅうせいNounFreq #34076
1

one's original family name; maiden name

旧家きゅうかNounFreq #34156
1

old family; old-established family

Examples
私の家は旧家です。
My family is an old one.
2

one's old home; one's childhood home

旧市街きゅうしがいNounFreq #34264
1

old town; old part of a city

旧来きゅうらいNoun～の Adj.AdverbFreq #38076
1

traditional; from ancient times; formerly

旧型きゅうがたNounFreq #41711
1

old model; old type; old style

Examples
新しいコンピューターは旧型よりも１０倍速い。
The new computer is ten times as fast as the old one.
旧約聖書きゅうやくせいしょNounFreq #48038
1

Old Testament

旧世界きゅうせかいNounFreq #49348
1

Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)

旧暦きゅうれきNounFreq #49582
1

Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar

Examples
中国では、旧暦にしたがって正月を祝う。
In China, they celebrate New Year by the lunar calendar.
旧交を温めるきゅうこうをあたためるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #55845
1

to renew old friendship

Examples
どうやら、１年ブランクを取り戻し、旧交を温めることができたみたいだな。
It looks like we've been able to fill in that one year gap and renew our old friendship.
旧態依然きゅうたいいぜんNoun～な Adj.～の Adj.～と Adverb四字熟語Freq #56653
1

'taru' adjective

remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)

旧臣きゅうしんNounFreq #63265
1

old retainer

旧弊きゅうへい旧幣Freq #65929
1

Common noun

old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; outdated notions

Examples
旧弊な人は新しい事になじめない。
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
2

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded; antiquated

旧道きゅうどうNounFreq #68038
1

old road

旧館きゅうかんNounFreq #69023
1

old building; older building

旧主きゅうしゅNounFreq #70163
1

former lord

旧都きゅうとNounFreq #72730
1

old capital; former capital

旧教きゅうきょうNounFreq #76178
1

(Roman) Catholicism

旧体制きゅうたいせいNounFreq #76930
1

old regime

Examples
反体制派はすべて旧体制のもとで粛清されました。
All political dissidents were purged under the former regime.
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