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ふるい

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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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 (furui), 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

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ふるい (furui

  1. : a sieve
  2. 震い: a trembling

References

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  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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN