(archaic, possibly obsolete) Early Middle Japanese and early Late Middle Japanese form of 蹴る (keru, “to kick”)

to kick (something) / to leave a place, particularly in a wild, angry, or violent fashion / to reject

even if one says

the past / ancient times

(not of a person) old, aged, antiquated

old

kick

Old Japanese form of 蹴る (keru, “to kick”)

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend