I Love Kanji古い (furui)
古い (ふるい, furui) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “old; aged”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ふるい
- Romaji
- furui
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- old; aged; ancient; antiquated; antique · い-adjective · of things, not people
- long; since long ago; time-honored · い-adjective
- of the distant past; long-ago · い-adjective
- stale; threadbare; hackneyed; corny · い-adjective
- old-fashioned; outmoded; out-of-date · い-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 古い
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 古い | ふるい furui |
| Negative | 古くない | ふるくない furukunai |
| Past | 古かった | ふるかった furukatta |
| Negative past | 古くなかった | ふるくなかった furukunakatta |
| Te-form | 古くて | ふるくて furukute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 古く | ふるく furuku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 古ければ | ふるければ furukereba |
Kanji in 古い
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 古い.
中古ちゅうこused稽古けいこpractice古典こてんclassic (work, esp. book)古里ふるさとhometown古ふるused item古代こだいancient times考古学こうこがくarchaeology
Source: JMdict entry 1265070 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.