► 名詞
古 [いにしえ] [liter] meaning: past rank: 4
☆ 京都は古の都だ ⇨ Kyoto is an ancient capital
► 接頭辞
古 [ふる] meaning: old rank: 3
☆ うちの古女房 ⇨ My old, long-time, wife
More examples:
- 日本古来の音楽 ⇨ Japanese original traditional music
- 彼は考え方が古い ⇨ His way of thinking is old, outdated
- この地域では古来から貿易が盛んに行われていた ⇨ Trades have been done actively in this region from the ancient times
- 古い友達が訪ねて来た ⇨ An old friend came visit me
- 古い伝統に呪縛された社会 ⇨ The society cursed and tied by old traditions
- 欧州の歴史は一般に古代・中世・近代に区分される ⇨ The history of Europe is commonly divided and classified as the ancient period, middle ages and the modern period
- 彼等は古代の神社を復元した ⇨ They restored an ancient shrine
- それは古今東西を問わない真理だ ⇨ That is a universal truth regardless of now or old, east or west
- 彼はこの会社で一番古い人だ ⇨ He’s the person with the longest tenure in this company
- 考古学者 ⇨ An archaeologist
- 彼はチームの中の最古参だ (さいこさん) ⇨ He is the longest-tenured player on the team
- 古事記は日本最古の古典とされている ⇨ “Kojiki” is considered the oldest book in Japanese history
- 古い絵画は修復された ⇨ The old painting has been restored
- 同性愛は古代から存在した ⇨ Homosexuality has existed since the ancient times
- 人類は太古から貿易してきた ⇨ Humans have been doing commerce since ancient times