ふるい

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of ふるい – see the following entry.
古い
[adjective] [from 759] (not of a person) old, aged, antiquated
Alternative spellings
旧い, 故い
(This term, ふるい, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ふるい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ふるい.)

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ふるい (furui

  1. : a sieve
  2. 震い: a trembling

References[edit]

  • 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN