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Meaning of 旧 in Japanese
Examples of 旧, きゅう in a sentence
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The former president of a certain association has been arrested on suspicion of breach of trust.
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旧システム用に書かれたソフトとの上位互換性を保つのは大切です。
It is important to maintain backward compatibility with software that was written to run on the former system.
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She was formerly a bank clerk.
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The new tunnel is twice as long as the old one.
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The last election was such a hot contest that several ex-ministers lost.
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Mr Suzuki, who is a former Prime Minister, will be chairman of the committee.
Kanji in this word
旧
JLPT 2
5 strokes
old times, old things, old friend, former, ex-
On'Yomi: キュウ
Kun'Yomi: ふる.い, もと