Literary expression for times gone by, often with a nostalgic or reflective tone. Related to 来し方 (こしかた).
See also: 来し方
Looking back on the past, fond memories come to mind.
the path one has traveled; the direction one came from
Literary or poetic use for the physical or metaphorical route one has taken to arrive at the present. Less common than the temporal sense.
He pointed to the way he had come and said, 'I crossed that mountain.'
Standard kanji spelling for this literary phrase.
Mixed kanji-kana variant; less common but still encountered.
Kana spelling; used when avoiding rare kanji or for clarity.
Compound of 過ぎ (sugi, 'passing') + 来し方 (koshikata, 'the past' or 'the way one came'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it follows a classical Japanese pattern of combining verb stems with 来し方.