古今

古今

1. ancient and modern; past and present; then and now

From Middle Chinese 古今 (MC kuX kim).

The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

• (Tokyo) こきん (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• (Tokyo) こきん (Heiban – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

古(こ)今(きん) • (kokin) 

1. the past and present
2. Short for 古今雛 (kokin-bina): a style of hinamatsuri doll from the late Edo period

古(こ)今(きん) • (Kokin) 

1. Short for 古今和歌集 (Kokin Wakashū): a waka anthology compiled in 905
2. a surname

• 古今(こきん)組(ぐみ) (Kokin-gumi)
• 古今(こきん)調(ちょう) (Kokin-chō)

From Middle Chinese 古今 (MC kuX kim).

Uses the goon reading for the latter kanji, suggesting an older borrowing.

• IPA^(key):

古(こ)今(こん) • (kokon) 

1. the past and present
2. old and new
3. the interval between the past and present; also, such a history

• 人(ひと)古今(ここん)に通(つう)ぜざるは馬牛(ばぎゅう)にして襟裾(きんきょ)す (hito kokon ni tsūzezaru wa bagyū ni shite kinkyo su)

古(こ)今(こん) • (Kokon) 

1. a surname

Compound of 古 (inishie, “the past, ancient times”) +‎ 今 (ima, “now”).^[2]

• IPA^(key):

古(いにしえ)今(いま) • (inishie ima) ^{←いにしへいま (inisifeima)?}

1. the past and present