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古くさい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
古臭い
BOOST
Reading : ふるくさい   
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 9 (among the 50,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 48,834 which gives a rank of 29,267
古臭い is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 103,000 (about 1,700,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 41 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
しんくうかん
真空管
つか
使
った
テレビ
ふるくさ
古臭
かんが
えられています

Televisions with vacuum tubes are regarded as being behind the times.
わたし
かれ
ふるくさ
古臭
じょうだん
冗談
うんざりした
I was bored with his old jokes.
ふる
くささ
いい
むしんけい
無神経
いいどう
かんが
えても
しんりがくしゃ
心理学者
より
けいさつちょう
警察庁
ほうむしょう
法務省
かんりょう
官僚
つく
そう
ことば
言葉

Whether you call them old-fashioned or insensitive, these words are more likely to have been coined by bureaucrats in the National Police Agency or the Ministry of Justice than by psychologists.
Source: 黒い家貴志祐介
ふるくさい
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 157,000 (about 510,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 41 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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古くさい
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Reading : ふるくさい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 148,000 (about 564,000 results)
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シュウ   くさ foul-smelling   にお to smell (bad)   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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