also: こきん
noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present
Refers to the span of time from the distant past to the present; often used in literary or formal contexts to emphasize timelessness or historical continuity.
古今東西、愛は普遍的なテーマだ。
Love has been a universal theme in all times and places.
この書物は古今の名作
This book is a collection of masterpieces from ancient and modern times.
Obsolete reading; still encountered in historical contexts or fixed expressions like 古今和歌集.
A set phrase meaning 'in all ages and countries'; more emphatic and idiomatic than 古今 alone.
Compound of 古 (old, ancient) and 今 (now, present). The reading ここん is the standard Sino-Japanese on'yomi combination; こきん is an older, now obsolete reading.