古ふる

noun

used item; secondhand item

Refers to an item that has been previously owned or used; often appears in the compound お古 (hand-me-down).

See also: お古

• これは姉あねのお古ふるのランドセルです。

  This is my older sister's hand-me-down school bag.

noun, used as a prefix

old; used; previous

Prefix-like use meaning 'old', 'used', or 'previous'; attaches to nouns to indicate something is not new or is from an earlier time.

• 古ふる新しん聞ぶんをまとめて捨すてた。

  I bundled up the old newspapers and threw them away.

• 古ふるい友ゆう人じんに久ひさしぶりに会あった。

  I met an old friend for the first time in a while.