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旧きゅう

N3
きゅう kyuu
  1. ex-
prefix

Chinese meanings

旧;原

Examples

  • 新トンネルは旧トンネルの2倍の長さだ。
    The new tunnel is twice as long as the old one.
    新隧道的长度是旧隧道的两倍。
  • 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.
    官员们正在观望旧法规的修改情况。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('135ed2fc45'); // 旧
{
  "id": "135ed2fc45",
  "word": "旧",
  "reading": "きゅう",
  "romaji": "kyuu",
  "meanings": [
    "ex-"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "pref"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1230380,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "新トンネルは旧トンネルの2倍の長さだ。",
      "en": "The new tunnel is twice as long as the old one.",
      "tatoeba_id": 145302
    },
    {
      "ja": "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。",
      "en": "Bureaucrats are testing the waters over revising old regulations.",
      "tatoeba_id": 183956
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "6b7bda34d2f003f853f46a9091b7dbc0ba07a202b1375d6d27ae4ff276ff4571",
    "meanings": [
      "旧",
      "原"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "新トンネルは旧トンネルの2倍の長さだ。",
        "zh": "新隧道的长度是旧隧道的两倍。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "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。",
        "zh": "官员们正在观望旧法规的修改情况。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/135ed2fc45",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1230380; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "dbf7157dfdb45c3755956dbfcbae9f72dfee9389ccfa4877862338f217847a73"
  }
}