Illustration: At a Japanese neighborhood reuse event, a teenager hands a well-maintained bicycle to a younger child. The bicycle has scuffed pedals, a polished patch on the saddle and an old decorative sticker partly peeled from the frame, but its tires are inflated and its chain is clean.

JLPT N3no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

中ちゅう古こ

chuuko

used, secondhand

Usually describes a previously owned item. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしの車くるまは中古ちゅうこだ。

    My car is a used one.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 中古ちゅうこ車しゃを買かいたいのですが。

    I’d like to buy a used car.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 太郎たろうは先週せんしゅう中古ちゅうこ車しゃを買かった。

    Taro bought a used car last week.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 中古

  • 中in; insideOnチュウKunなか・うち・あたる
  • 古oldOnコKunふるい・ふる-

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