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Old, past it, over the hill: expressing aging and old stuff in Japanese

Examples of compound words with 古 include 古着(ふるぎ, used clothes), 古株 (ふるかぶ, a veteran staff member), 中古車 (ちゅうこしゃ, a used car) and 使(つか)い古す (to use until it gets old). | ISTOCK

Examples of compound words with 古 include 古着(ふるぎ, used clothes), 古株 (ふるかぶ, a veteran staff member), 中古車 (ちゅうこしゃ, a used car) and 使(つか)い古す (to use until it gets old). | ISTOCK

By Hitomi Tashiro and Akemi Tanahashi
Special To The Japan Times

Mar 13, 2017

Sentakuki-ga daibu furuku-natchatta-kara, kaikaeyō-kana. (Our washing machine is quite old now, so I’m thinking of getting a new one.)

Situation 1: Ms. Shiba is using her washing machine at home.

妻：　洗濯機が大分古くなっちゃったから、買い替えようかな。

Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night’s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.

Summer has arrived in Japan and so have hot sleepless nights

By Tomoko Otake

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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