古い
N5ふるい furui
- old (not used for people)
い-adjective
Chinese meanings
旧;古老
Examples
- 時は金なりと古いことわざにもある。An old proverb says that time is money.古老的谚语也说时间就是金钱。
- これらは何と古い本なのだろう。What old books these are!这些书多么古老啊。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('aa60dd4a11'); // 古い
{
"id": "aa60dd4a11",
"word": "古い",
"reading": "ふるい",
"romaji": "furui",
"meanings": [
"old (not used for people)"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1265070,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "時は金なりと古いことわざにもある。",
"furigana": "{時|とき}は{金|かね}なりと{古|ふる}いことわざにもある。",
"en": "An old proverb says that time is money.",
"tatoeba_id": 150654
},
{
"ja": "これらは何と古い本なのだろう。",
"furigana": "これらは{何|なん}と{古|ふる}い{本|ほん}なのだろう。",
"en": "What old books these are!",
"tatoeba_id": 217719
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "169ca12c26ec7bca8ad1ba3102d4beb6bfdfdd7907068782a721a76f3bfe517d",
"meanings": [
"旧;古老"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "時は金なりと古いことわざにもある。",
"zh": "古老的谚语也说时间就是金钱。"
},
{
"ja": "これらは何と古い本なのだろう。",
"zh": "这些书多么古老啊。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/aa60dd4a11",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "805c82dc2d10de1507bd1bb749386b5ce9cd54a97a198070a700b4c91ac49e4a"
}
}