Illustration: In an apartment entryway, an adult lifts a much-used canvas school bag from a storage chest. Its handle has been repaired several times, the corners are smoothly worn, and an old decorative patch has faded almost completely.

JLPT N5i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

古ふるい

furui

old

Use it for things, not for a person’s age. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. ケンが使つかっている机つくえはもう古ふるい。

    The desk that Ken uses is old.

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  2. 古ふるいピアノだよ。

    It’s an old piano.

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  3. この本ほんは古ふるい。

    This book is old.

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Kanji in 古

  • 古oldOnコKunふるい・ふる-

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