ふるくさい
Furukusai
Other forms: 古くさい
古臭い (Furukusai) is a Japanese i-adjective meaning “stale, old fashioned, hackneyed, trite”.
Meanings
- i-adjectivestale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
Examples
私は彼の古くさい冗談にうんざりした。
I was bored with his old jokes.
真空管を使ったテレビは古臭いと考えられています。
Televisions with vacuum tubes are regarded as being behind the times.
新しい事務用品を購入しなければならない、我々の持っているものは古くさい。
We ought to buy some new office equipment: the stuff we've got is out of date.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).