旧きゅう制せい

noun

old system; old order

General term for a previous system or regime, often contrasted with 新制 (new system).

See also: 新制

• 旧きゅう制せいの法ほう律りつがまだ一いち部ぶで適てき用ようされている。

  Some of the old-system laws are still partially applied.

noun

prewar education system; pre-World War II education system

Specifically refers to the Japanese education system before the post-WWII reforms; often used in contexts like 旧制高校 (old-system high school) or 旧制大学 (old-system university).

See also: 新制

• 祖そ父ふは旧きゅう制せい高こう校こうを卒そつ業ぎょうした最さい後ごの世せ代だいだ。

  My grandfather is from the last generation that graduated from the old-system high school.