最さい古こ

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Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

the oldest; the earliest

Refers to the single oldest or earliest known example of something, often used in historical, archaeological, or record contexts.

これは現げん存ぞんする最さい古この写しゃ本ほんです。
This is the oldest surviving manuscript.
その寺じ院いんは日本にほん最さい古この木もく造ぞう建けん築ちくと言いわれている。
That temple is said to be the oldest wooden building in Japan.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉最さい古この〈物もの〉the oldest ~ in <place>
これは日本にほん最さい古この神じん社じゃです。
This is the oldest shrine in Japan.
現げん存そん最さい古この〈物もの〉the oldest surviving ~
この橋はしは現げん存そん最さい古この木もく造ぞう建けん築ちくです。
This bridge is the oldest surviving wooden structure.
史し上じょう最さい古この〈物もの〉the oldest ~ on record / in history
彼かれは史し上じょう最さい古このチャンピオンとして知しられている。
He is known as the oldest champion in history.

Expressions

人じん類るい最さい古こoldest in human history; oldest known to mankind