聞きき古ふるした

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Meanings

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noun-modifying (irregular)

trite; hackneyed; stale

Describes something heard so often that it has become boring or clichéd. Used prenominally to modify nouns like 話 (story), 冗談 (joke), or セリフ (line).

彼かれの聞きき古ふるした冗じょう談だんにはもう誰だれも笑わらわない。
Nobody laughs at his hackneyed jokes anymore.

そのスピーチは聞きき古ふるしたフレーズばかりだった。

The speech was full of trite phrases.

Written forms

聞きき古ふるした
Standard kanji spelling for this prenominal adjective.
聞きき旧ふるした
Alternate kanji spelling using 旧 for 'old'; less common.

Kanji

聞hear, ask, listen
古old
旧old times, old things, old friend

Similar words

ありきたり
ありきたり means 'commonplace' or 'ordinary' without the specific nuance of having been heard too many times. 聞き古した emphasizes over-familiarity through repetition.
陳ちん腐ぷ
陳腐 is a more formal, written term for 'stale' or 'hackneyed', often applied to ideas or expressions. 聞き古した is more colloquial and specifically about auditory overexposure.

Etymology

Compound of 聞き (stem of 聞く 'to hear') + 古した (past form of 古す 'to make old, wear out'). Literally 'heard-worn-out', describing something that has become stale through repeated hearing.