昔せき時じ

noun, adverb

old times; former times

Rare literary word for the distant past. In modern Japanese, 昔 (むかし) or 過去 (かこ) are far more common.

• 昔せき時じの風ふう習しゅうを記き録ろくした書しょ物もつは貴き重ちょうだ。

  Books that record the customs of old times are valuable.

• この地ちには昔せき時じから伝つたわる祭まつりがある。

  This area has a festival that has been handed down from former times.