Illustration: At a neighborhood shopping street's small café, two middle-aged adults recognize each other with broad smiles and surprised pointing gestures. One has opened a wallet to reveal an old photograph of the pair as young coworkers, recognizable through the same distinctive curls and prominent eyebrows.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

旧きゅう知ち

kyuuchi

old acquaintance, old friend

Example sentences

  1. 俗説ぞくせつでは久秀ひさひでと道三どうさんは旧知きゅうちの仲なかだったともいわれる。

    As popular tradition has it, they were old friends.

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

  2. 大石おおいしの旧知きゅうちの友人ゆうじん。

    Oishi’s old friend.

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

  3. たいてい来くるのは地元じもとの旧知きゅうちの客きゃくばかりであり、酒屋さかやの主人しゅじんは客きゃくの好このみを熟知じゅくちしていた。

    Most of the customers coming to a sakaya were intimate with the shop owner for a long time, and the owner was well-informed about their tastes.

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

Kanji in 旧知

  • 旧old times; old thingsOnキュウKunふるい・もと
  • 知know; wisdomOnチKunしる・しらせる

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