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Dictionary: “昔”

昔

むかし

the old days; the past; former times; a long time ago

Example sentence

This place used to be a field.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

昔
On
せき;しゃく
Kun
むかし
Stroke count
8

・once upon a time

・antiquity

・old times

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Related words to 昔

38 related words

昔話

むかしばなし

→

old tale;folk tale;legend

昔

むかし

→

the past ten years;the past decade

昔話

むかしばなし

→

reminiscence

昔のまま

むかしのまま

→

the way it was;the way it used be;as of old;in former times

昔風

むかしふう

→

old-fashioned;old-style

昔々

むかしむかし

→

long ago;once upon a time

昔ながら

むかしながら

→

unchanged (from long ago);as it was in the past;same old;traditional

昔なじみ

むかしなじみ

→

old friend;familiar face

昔は昔、今は今

むかしはむかし、いまはいま

→

let bygones be bygones

昔を想う

むかしをおもう

→

to recall the old days

昔を懐かしむ

むかしをなつかしむ

→

to view the past with nostalgia

昔人

むかしびと

→

previous generations;people of the past;ancients

昔人間

むかしにんげん

→

old-fashioned person;old-timer;old fogey

昔兎

むかしうさぎ

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paleolagine lagomorph (Paleolaginae spp., incl. the Amami rabbit and the red rock hares)

昔取った杵柄

むかしとったきねづか

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skill learned in one's former days;using one's experience from the past

昔年

せきねん

→

old times;antiquity;former years

昔式

むかししき

→

old fashioned;in ancient style

昔懐かしい

むかしなつかしい

→

reminiscent of the good old times;nostalgia-inducing

昔日

せきじつ

→

old days

昔時

せきじ

→

old times;former times

昔気質

むかしかたぎ

→

old-fashioned way of thinking;old-fashioned spirit

昔沙蚕

むかしごかい

→

archiannelids of the genus Saccocirrus (esp. Saccocirrus major)

昔者

むかしもの

→

old person;old-fashioned person

昔蜥蜴

むかしとかげ

→

tuatara (primitive lizardlike reptile endemic to New Zealand)

昔蜻蛉

むかしとんぼ

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Epiophlebia superstes (species of living-fossil dragonfly endemic to Japan)

昔語り

むかしがたり

→

old story;reminiscence

昔気質

むかしかたぎ

→

old-fashioned

昔かたぎ

むかしかたぎ

→

old-fashioned way of thinking;old-fashioned spirit

昔とった杵柄

むかしとったきねづか

→

skill learned in one's former days;using one's experience from the past

昔なつかしい

むかしなつかしい

→

reminiscent of the good old times;nostalgia-inducing

昔人

せきじん

→

previous generations;people of the past;ancients

昔昔

むかしむかし

→

long ago;once upon a time

昔馴染み

むかしなじみ

→

old friend;familiar face

昔かたぎ

むかしかたぎ

→

old-fashioned

昔堅気

むかしかたぎ

→

old-fashioned way of thinking;old-fashioned spirit

昔馴染

むかしなじみ

→

old friend;familiar face

昔堅気

むかしかたぎ

→

old-fashioned

昔語

むかしがたり

→

old story;reminiscence