Illustration: Inside a working Japanese bamboo-basket shop, an elderly craftsperson shows a grandchild a large family photograph held beside the present workbench. The photograph depicts an earlier generation weaving baskets in the same distinctive room, with the same round window and heavy wooden support post.

JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

古ふるく

furuku

long ago, formerly

Often used as 古くから, meaning 'since long ago'. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. トムは古ふるくからの友人ゆうじんです。

    Tom is an old friend.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 日本にっぽんには古ふるくからの習慣しゅうかんがたくさんある。

    There are many ancient customs in Japan.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 中国ちゅうごくでは古ふるくから行おこなわれていた。

    In China, this had been the practice since ancient times.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 古

  • 古oldOnコKunふるい・ふる-

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