中ちゅう古こ

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

used; second-hand; old

Used before a noun with の or as the first element of compounds such as 中古車 and 中古品. It usually means that an item has had a previous owner, not simply that it is old in age.

• 中ちゅう古このノートパソコンを安やすく買かった。

  I bought a used laptop cheaply.

• この店みせは中ちゅう古このゲームを扱あつかっている。

  This shop deals in second-hand games.

noun

Middle Ages in Japan; Heian period

Only with reading ちゅうこ

Specialized historical or literary-period term, especially in Japanese literary history where it often refers chiefly to the Heian period. This sense is read ちゅうこ.

• 日本にほん文ぶん学がく史しで、中ちゅう古こは主おもに平へい安あん時じ代だいを指さす。

  In Japanese literary history, 中古 mainly refers to the Heian period.