Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 旧弊(きゅうへい) in Japanese

旧弊
Kana Reading
きゅうへい
Romaji
kyūhei
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    old-fashioned; conservatism; standing evil; the old school; antiquated
    Example sentence
    旧弊な新しいなじめない You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Examples of 旧弊, きゅうへい in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

15 strokes

abuse, evil, vice, breakage

On'Yomi: ヘイ

Kun'Yomi:

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JLPT 2

5 strokes

old times, old things, old friend, former, ex-

On'Yomi: キュウ

Kun'Yomi: ふる.い, もと

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