昔

Meaning

昔 centers on the distant past: old times, antiquity, or the classic story-opening 'once upon a time.'

• 昔むかし
  N4

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

• 大昔おおむかし

  ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago

• 昔ながらむかしながら

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

• 昔話むかしばなし
  N1

  old tale; folk tale; legend

• 一昔ひとむかし
  N1

  an age (ago); a long time (ago); a decade (ago)

• 今昔こんじゃく

  past and present

• 昔気質むかしかたぎ

  old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit

• 昔日せきじつ

  old days

• 昔なじみむかしなじみ

  old friend; familiar face

• 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

• その昔そのむかし

  a long time ago; in those days

• とうの昔とうのむかし

  a long time ago; long ago

• とくの昔とくのむかし

  a long time ago; long ago

• とっくの昔とっくのむかし

  a long, long time ago; very long ago

• 一昔前ひとむかしまえ

  long ago; previous; of a former age

• 二昔ふたむかし

  way in the past; two (or so) decades (ago)

• 今は昔いまはむかし

  once upon a time; a long time ago

• 今昔物語こんじゃくものがたり

  Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku

• 今昔物語集こんじゃくものがたりしゅう

  Konjaku Monogatarishū (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); Tales of Times Now Past

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