- 古い【ふるい】 - old, aged, ancient, antiquated, antique, timeworn, long, since long ago, time-honored, of the distant past, long-ago, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date 
- 古代【こだい】 - ancient times, distant past, antiquity 
- 古城【こじょう】 - old castle, old fortress 
- 稽古【けいこ】 - practice, practising, training, study 
- 古典【こてん】 - classic (work, esp. book), the classics 
- 中古【ちゅうこ】 - used, second-hand, old, Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period) 
- 古本【ふるほん】 - secondhand book, ancient book, antiquarian books 
- 履き古し【はきふるし】 - worn-out shoes, worn-out socks 
- 古風【こふう】 - old-fashioned, archaic, antique, antiquated 
- 太古【たいこ】 - ancient times 
- 古墳【こふん】 - ancient burial mound, barrow, tumulus 
- 考古学【こうこがく】 - archaeology, archeology 
- 古書【こしょ】 - old book, rare book, classic, secondhand book, used book 
- 最古【さいこ】 - the oldest, the earliest 
- 中古車【ちゅうこしゃ】 - used car, secondhand car 
- 古語【こご】 - archaic word, obsolete word, archaism, old saying, old adage, old language, ancient language 
- 古都【こと】 - ancient city, former capital 
- 古臭い【ふるくさい】 - stale, old fashioned, hackneyed, trite, antiquated, obsolete, musty, outdated 
- 古紙【こし】 - used paper, paper for recycling 
- 古今【ここん】 - ancient and modern times, all ages, past and present