ふるい

Japanese

Etymology 1

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, 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.)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) るい [fùrúí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝi]

Noun

ふるい • (furui) 

  1. : a sieve
  2. 震い: a trembling

References

  • 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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