How to say "antique" in Japanese

• アンティークCommon
  noun, na-adjectiveThe loanword for old furniture, ornaments and similar objects valued for their age; the natural choice when 'antique' means a collectible item rather than a style.
  彼女かのじょはアンティークを見みる目めがある。↗

  She has an eye for antiques.
• 骨董こっとうCommon
  nounThe native word for antiques and curios as old objects of the kind people collect; it largely overlaps with the loanword in meaning.
  この骨董こっとうの火鉢ひばちは今いまでは実際じっさいに使つかわれていない。↗

  This antique brazier no longer has any real utility.
• 古物こぶつCommon
  no-adjectiveCovers old articles and secondhand goods as much as antiques, so it leans toward merely old or used things; seldom the word you want when 'antique' means a valuable collectible.
• 時代物じだいものCommon
  nounAn object that is a period piece from a past age; it stresses the historical era the thing belongs to rather than oldness alone.
• 古風こふうCommon
  na-adjective, nounDescribes a style or appearance that is old-fashioned, archaic or antiquated; it does not denote an antique object itself, so it is the wrong choice for 'an antique' as a thing.
  私の母はははとても古風こふうなんです。↗

  My mother is really of the old school.

Use 「アンティーク」 for old collectibles in general, 骨董 or 時代物 for objects valued as antiques or period pieces, 古物 for old or secondhand articles, and 古風 only for an old-fashioned style.

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• アンティークantique
• 骨董こっとうantique
• 古物こぶつantique
• 時代物じだいものantique
• 古風こふうold-fashioned
• 古いふるいold
• 年代物ねんだいものantique
• アンチック体アンチックたいantique (typeface)
• 古美術品こびじゅつひんantique
• 古器こきantique vessel
• 骨董品こっとうひんcurio
• 当時物とうじものvintage item
• 時代じだいantique