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ふるい

古い

old (thing)

furui

JLPT
N5
Frequency
#1,767

Meanings

  1. 1
    old; aged; ancientadj-i
  2. 2
    long; since long ago; time-honoredadj-i
  3. 3
    of the distant past; long-agoadj-i

JMdict 1265070

In a sentence

このthisいえ家houseはふるい古いoldけどbutすき好きlike

This house is old, but I like it

How it works

は (topic) raises the house as the topic — "as for this house…". Then two clauses are joined by けど (but): the i-adjective 古いふるい (old) and 好きすき (like), with the contrast doing the work of "…but I still…". Nothing is made polite — no です (is) at the end — so it sounds like a relaxed personal aside.

Written with

古old5 strokes