古き良き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
古 良
ふる
Grade: 2 		よ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 古(ふる)き (furuki, “old”, adnominal form of classical Japanese 古(ふる)し (furushi, “old”, adjective)) + 良(よ)き (yoki, “good”, adnominal form of classical Japanese 良(よ)し (yoshi, “good”, adjective)).

Probably a calque of English good old.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ɾɯ̟kʲi jo̞kʲi]

Adnominal

古(ふる)き良(よ)き • (furuki yoki) 

  1. good old […]
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