Illustration: In a contemporary clothing shop, a young adult steps out of a fitting booth wearing an immaculate suit with enormous lapels, dramatically flared trousers, and a very wide patterned tie. Nearby racks hold restrained present-day everyday clothing.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

古ふる臭くさい

furukusai

old-fashioned, outdated

Example sentences

  1. お前まえの考かんがえ方かたは、なんか古臭ふるくさいよ。

    Your opinion is somewhat old-fashioned.

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  2. 私わたしは彼かれの古ふるくさい冗談じょうだんにうんざりした。

    I was bored with his old jokes.

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  3. 真空管しんくうかんを使つかったテレビは古臭ふるくさいと考かんがえられています。

    Televisions with vacuum tubes are regarded as being behind the times.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 古臭

  • 古oldOnコKunふるい・ふる-
  • 臭stinking; ill-smellingOnシュウKunくさい・におう・におい

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