Results, ancient

古来☆【こらいkorai】

~の noun / adverb / noun:

  • from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored

彼kareはha古来koraiまれなmarena芸術家geijutsukaだda。 He is as great an artist as lived.

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古い☆【ふるいfurui】故い・旧い Inflection

adjective:

  • old; aged; ancient; antiquated; antique; timeworn - of things, not people
  • long; since long ago; time-honored
  • of the distant past; long-ago
  • stale; threadbare; hackneyed; corny
  • old-fashioned; outmoded; out-of-date

ケンKENがga使っているtsukatteiru机tsukueはhaもうmou古いfurui。 The desk that Ken uses is old.

町田machidaはha古いfuruiものmonoとto新しいatarashiiものmonoがga入り交じったirimajitta面白いomoshiroi街machiですdesu。 Machida is an interesting city that's a mix of the old and the new.

古期【こきkoki】

prefix noun:

  • old; ancient
積年☆【せきねんsekinen】

noun:

~の noun:

  • long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
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古代★【こだいkodai】 Inflection

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • ancient times

古代kodaiインカINKAのno時代jidaiにni、アメリカ大陸amerikatairikuでdeもっともmottomo大きいookii都市toshiであったdeatta。 In the days of the ancient Incas, it was the largest city in America.

古墳★【こふんkofun】

noun:

  • ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus

高松takamatsu塚tsuka古墳kofunはha、奈良nara県ken明日香asuka村muraにni存在sonzaiするsuru古墳kofun。 The Takamatuzuka burial mound is located in Nara prefecture, Asukamura.

神楽☆【かぐらkagura】

noun:

  • ancient Shinto music and dancing
古都☆【ことkoto】

noun:

  • ancient city; former capital

このkono古都kotoにni何かnanika新しいatarashiiものmonoがgaあるaruことkotoはha、だれdareでもdemo知っているshitteiru。 Everyone knows that there is something new in this old capital.

古今☆【ここんkokon・こきんkokinobs.】

noun / ~の noun:

  • ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present

彼kareはha古今kokonにni並ぶnarabu者monoのnoないnai偉大なidaina政治家seijikaであるdearu。 He is the greatest statesman that ever lived.

古文書☆【こもんじょkomonjo・こぶんしょkobunsho】

noun:

  • ancient document; archives; ancient manuscript; paleograph
  • document addressed to someone in particular (jargon used in paleography) ➜ 文書【ぶんしょ】

彼女kanojoはha物置monookiのno中nakaでde偶然guuzenいくつかのikutsukano古文書komonjoをwo見つけたmitsuketa。 She came across some old documents in the closet.

太古☆【たいこtaiko】

adverbial noun / noun:

  • ancient times

人類jinruiはha太古taikoのno昔mukashiからkara指yubiをwo用いてmochiite食べ物tabemonoをwo食してshokushiteきたkitaのnoであるdearu。 People have eaten with their fingers from the beginning of history.

古文☆【こぶんkobun】

noun:

  • ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature
  • ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)

古文kobunのno本honをwo何冊satsuかka買っkaてte勉強benkyouしshiてるteruがgaやっぱりyappariムズMUZUいiなna。 I bought many books in Classical Japanese and I'm studying them, but it's hard, isn't it?

神代☆【じんだいjindai・かみよkamiyo】

noun:

  • ancient time; age of the gods
往時☆【おうじouji】

noun:

  • ancient times
上代☆【じょうだいjoudai・うわだいuwadai】

noun / ~の noun:

  • ancient times
  • (nominal) retail price
甲骨文☆【こうこつぶんkoukotsubun】

noun:

  • ancient inscriptions of Chinese characters on oracle bones and tortoise shells
烏帽子☆【えぼしeboshi】

noun:

  • black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan, and afterwards spreading to the common people
左楽【さがくsagaku】

noun:

  • style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 左方の楽
有職故実【ゆうそくこじつyuusokukojitsu】

noun:

  • studies in usages and practices of the ancient court and military households - four character idiom
隼人【はやひとhayahito・はやとhayato・はいとhaito】

noun:

  • people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato
旧章【きゅうしょうkyuushou】

noun:

  • ancient laws
老大国【ろうたいこくroutaikoku】

noun:

  • great and ancient nation
七道【しちどうshichidou】

noun:

  • the seven districts of ancient Japan
無射【ぶえきbueki・むえきmueki】

noun:

  • (in China) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C) ➜ 十二律
  • ninth month of the lunar calendar
唐子【からこkarako】

noun:

  • boy or doll dressed in ancient Chinese clothes
  • hairstyle inspired by such a doll (esp. for female children) (Edo period)
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