expression, noun-modifying (irregular)
Classical prenominal form used to refer to something previously mentioned; equivalent to modern 前述の or その. Appears in literary or formal contexts.
The aforementioned person is said to have later gone to the capital.
The temple in question no longer exists, not even its ruins.
Kanji spelling with 有; rare and literary.
Kanji spelling with 在; rare and literary.
Classical Japanese prenominal form of the verb あり (to be) with the past auxiliary けり, literally 'that was/existed'. Used as a fixed expression to refer back to something previously mentioned.