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jmdict 2720070 Active (id: 1100459)
頭が古い
あたまがふるい
1. [exp,adj-i]
▶ old-fashioned (in one's way of thinking)

Conjugations


History:
2. A 2012-06-09 06:33:21  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5
 ·〔息子が父親に向かって〕 そんなこと言うなんてお父さんは頭が古いよ. That's an out-of-date [old-fashioned] way of thinking, Father.
 ·頭が古い人は, 女性の上司なんてとんでもないと思うだろう. Traditionalists [The old guard, 《口》 The oldies] must find the idea of having a woman as boss totally unacceptable. | People with the old way(s) of thinking would presumably be totally opposed to having a woman as their superior.
  Comments:
i agree, but gg5's example don't seem particularly derogatory.  hesitant to mark it as such without direct evidence to the contrary
  Diff:
@@ -13,2 +13,1 @@
-<misc>&derog;</misc>
-<gloss>being old-fashioned in one's way of thinking</gloss>
+<gloss>old-fashioned (in one's way of thinking)</gloss>
1. A* 2012-06-01 05:45:46  Marcus
  Refs:
daijs, daijr
  Comments:
Sound derogatory but mostly a guess

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