Word Meaning 旧態依然

きゅうたいいぜん kyuutaiizen

旧態依然 is read as きゅうたいいぜん (kyuutaiizen) and means remaining unchanged (from the old state of things).

Meaning

English

remaining unchanged (from the old state of things)
none the better for the change (if at all)

Reading

Kana

きゅうたいいぜん

Romaji

kyuutaiizen

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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旧態

きゅうたい

old state of affairs

依然

いぜん

still

自然状態

しぜんじょうたい

natural state

依存状態

いぞんじょうたい

state of dependence

依然として

いぜんとして

still

旧暦

きゅうれき

Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar

旧派

きゅうは

old school

旧石器時代

きゅうせっきじだい

Paleolithic

旧盆

きゅうぼん

Bon Festival of the lunar calendar

旧幕時代

きゅうばくじだい

the shogunate period

旧憲法

きゅうけんぽう

former constitution (i.e. in Japan, the Meiji Constitution)

旧新約聖書

きゅうしんやくせいしょ

Old and New Testaments