古めかしい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ふる
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

From (ふる)めく (furumeku, mizenkei form (ふる)めか (furumeka)) + しい (-shii, adjectivizing suffix evoking quality of the suffixed term).[1][2] (ふる)めく (furumeku) is from (ふる) (furu, root of (ふる) (furui, old)) + めく (-meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like, a verb-forming suffix).[2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

(ふる)めかしい (furumekashii-i (adverbial (ふる)めかしく (furumekashiku))

  1. old-fashioned, ancient-looking

Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 古めかしい”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN