旧きゅう識しき

noun

old friend; old acquaintance

A somewhat literary or formal term for a person one has known for a long time. In everyday speech, 昔の友達 or 古い友人 are more common.

• 彼かれは大だい学がく時じ代だいの旧きゅう識しきだ。

  He is an old friend from my university days.

• 旧きゅう識しきにばったり会あった。

  I ran into an old acquaintance.