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旧知

きゅうち

old friend; long-standing acquaintance

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Examples

  1. 彼とは旧知の仲だ。

    かれとはきゅうちのなかだ。

    He and I are old friends.

  2. 会場で旧知の恩師に偶然お会いした。

    かいじょうできゅうちのおんしにぐうぜんおあいした。

    At the venue I happened to run into an old teacher of mine.

  3. 両社の社長は旧知の間柄で、交渉は終始なごやかに進んだ。

    りょうしゃのしゃちょうはきゅうちのあいだがらで、こうしょうはしゅうしなごやかにすすんだ。

    The two presidents are long-standing acquaintances, and the talks went amicably from start to finish.

Common patterns

旧知の仲
an old-friends relationship
旧知の間柄
long acquaintance (formal)
旧知の友
an old friend

Memory tip

A formal, written word that nearly always appears as 旧知の仲 / 旧知の間柄, never on its own as 'my 旧知'. Do not confuse it with the homophone 窮地 (きゅうち) 'a tight spot' — 旧 is 'old', 窮 is 'cornered'.

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