お古(ふる)

おふる

noun

hand-me-down; used item

1. hand-me-down; something used and passed on

Things, especially clothes, that someone else has used and then passed on.

I wear my older sister's hand-me-downs.

This bicycle is a hand-me-down from my older brother.

As a child I only got hand-me-downs and was never bought new clothes.

Usually said with the person it came from: 姉(あね)のお古(ふる) (my sister's hand-me-downs).

お下(さ)がり: hand-me-downs from an older sibling or a superior (the most common word for clothes passed down in a family)
中古(ちゅうこ): secondhand goods that are bought and sold (cars, books)

Related Words

general

Added 2026.9.30 7:10 · Revised 2026.9.30 7:13

31000/31290_ofuru